tregua

See also: trégua

Galician

Alternative forms

• trégua (reintegrationist)
• tregoa

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tregua (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa). Attested Medieval Latin treuga however points perhaps to a West Germanic *trewwa, from Proto-Germanic *trewwō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɛɣwa̝/

Noun

tregua f (plural treguas)

1. truce
   • 1443, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 282:

     logo o dito arçediano diso que eso meesmo por sy e por todos los seus que asy outorgaua a dita tregua torrnadiça de noue dias ao dito Pero Dias e a seus escudeiros e omes de parte á parte e de vando á vando

     then the aforementioned archdeacon said the same for him and his own, that he granted this reversible truce of nine days to the mentioned Pedro Díaz and his squires and men, side to side, band to band

2. rest, break

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tregua”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tregua” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tregua”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tregoa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tregua”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Italian

Alternative forms

• triegua (archaic)

Etymology

From Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa), from Proto-Germanic *trewwō. Compare German Treue (“loyalty”) and French trêve (“truce”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛ.ɡwa/, (traditional) /ˈtre.ɡwa/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡwa, (traditional) -eɡwa
• Hyphenation: trè‧gua, (traditional) tré‧gua

Noun

tregua f (plural tregue)

1. truce

   Synonym: armistizio

2. rest, respite

   Synonyms: mora, pausa

Anagrams

• argute, tuareg

Spanish

Etymology

From Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa) (cognate with Frankish *trewa, Dutch trouw, German Treue; Middle English trewe, trewes, English truce).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾeɡwa/ [ˈt̪ɾe.ɣ̞wa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eɡwa
• Syllabification: tre‧gua

Noun

tregua f (plural treguas)

1. truce
2. rest, break

Derived terms

• atreguar
• Estados de la Tregua

 

Further reading

• “tregua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28