esquerda
Portuguese
/iʃ.ˈkeɾ.ðɐ/, /is.ˈkeʁ.dɐ/
adjective form
Definitions
- (Brazil) leftist who follows or sympathizes with left-wing politics or the Brazilian left
Etymology
Borrowed from Basque ezkerra.
Origin
Basque (Bidasoa Valley)
ezkerra
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- izquierda Spanish, Castilian
- antiesquerdista Portuguese
- esquerdalha Portuguese
- esquerdismo Portuguese
- esquerdista Portuguese
- extrema-esquerda Portuguese
- extremo Portuguese
- ezkerra Basque
- skérda Kabuverdianu
- skerda Guinea-Bissau Creole