FromOld Galician-Portuguesecovardia (13th century,Cantigas de Santa Maria), fromcovarda, fromOld Frenchcoart,cuard, fromcoe(“tail”) +-ard(“pejorative agent noun”);coe is in turn fromLatincauda. The reference seems to be to an animal “turning tail”, or having its tail between its legs, especially a dog.
covardía f (pluralcovardías)
- cowardice(the lack of courage)
- Synonym:pusilanimidade
- Antonyms:coraxe,valentía
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “covardia”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “co.ardia”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “covardía”, inDicionario 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), “covardía”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “covardía”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN
