fundamento
التعريفات والمعاني
== Esperanto ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin fundāmentum.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /fundaˈmento/
Rhymes: -ento
Syllabification: fun‧da‧men‧to
=== Noun ===
fundamento (accusative singular fundamenton, plural fundamentoj, accusative plural fundamentojn)
foundation
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese fondamento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fundāmentum.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /fundaˈmento/ [fun̪.d̪aˈmẽn̪.t̪ʊ]
Rhymes: -ento
Hyphenation: fun‧da‧men‧to
=== Noun ===
fundamento m (plural fundamentos)
foundation; groundwork
Synonyms: alicerce, base, cimento
the act of founding, establishing
==== Related terms ====
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “fundamento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “fondamento”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fundamento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fundamento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
== Ido ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Esperanto fundamento, French fondement, German Fundament, Italian fondamento, Spanish fundamento, from Latin fundāmentum.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /fundaˈmento/
=== Noun ===
fundamento (plural fundamenti)
foundation
La fundamenti di ica konstrukturo pozabis. ― The foundations of this construction have been laid out.
(figuratively) basis
Ito esas la fundamento di lia agi. ― That is the basis of their actions.
==== Synonyms ====
bazo
fonduro
basamento
suportilo
==== Derived terms ====
== Interlingua ==
=== Noun ===
fundamento (plural fundamentos)
foundation, base
==== Derived terms ====
fundamental
== Latin ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fʊn.daːˈmɛn.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fun.daˈmɛn.to]
=== Noun ===
fundāmentō
dative/ablative singular of fundāmentum
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ẽtu
Hyphenation: fun‧da‧men‧to
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Latin fundāmentum.
==== Noun ====
fundamento m (plural fundamentos)
foundation (that upon which anything is founded)
the act of founding, establishing
Synonym: estabelecimento
===== Derived terms =====
fundamentar
===== Related terms =====
fundamental
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
fundamento
first-person singular present indicative of fundamentar
=== Further reading ===
“fundamento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“fundamento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /fundaˈmento/ [fũn̪.d̪aˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
Rhymes: -ento
Syllabification: fun‧da‧men‧to
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Latin fundāmentum.
==== Noun ====
fundamento m (plural fundamentos)
(architecture) foundation (lowest and supporting part or member of a wall)
Synonym: cimiento
cornerstone
reason, motive
Synonyms: razón, motivo, pretexto
===== Derived terms =====
===== Related terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
fundamento
first-person singular present indicative of fundamentar
==== Further reading ====
“fundamento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025