mudéjar

See also: mudèjar and Mudéjar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mudéjar, from Arabic مُدَجَّن (mudajjan, “domesticated”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈdɛ.ʒɐʁ/ [muˈdɛ.ʒɐh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈdɛ.ʒɐʁ/ [muˈdɛ.ʒɐh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /muˈdɛ.ʒɐɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /muˈdɛ.ʒɐʁ/ [muˈdɛ.ʒɐχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈdɛ.ʒaɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈdɛ.ʒaɾ/ [muˈðɛ.ʒaɾ]

• Hyphenation: mu‧dé‧jar

Adjective

mudéjar m or f (plural mudéjares)

1. Mudéjar

Noun

mudéjar m or f by sense (plural mudéjares)

1. Mudéjar (Moors of Al-Andalus who remained in Christian territory after the Reconquista)

See also

• moçárabe

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُدَجَّن (mudajjan, “domesticated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈdexaɾ/ [muˈð̞e.xaɾ]
• Rhymes: -exaɾ
• Syllabification: mu‧dé‧jar

Adjective

mudéjar m or f (masculine and feminine plural mudéjares)

1. Mudéjar
   • 1887, Benito Pérez Galdós, Fortunata y Jacinta:

     Mareaba a Cristo con sus aspavientos por si tales o cuales ruinas eran bizantinas, mudéjares o lombardas con influencia mozárabe y perfiles románicos

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Noun

mudéjar m or f by sense (plural mudéjares)

1. Mudéjar

Derived terms

• neomudéjar

 

Further reading

• “mudéjar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10