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perdonar

perdonar

Catalan

Verb

perdonar (first-person singular present perdono, past participle perdonat)

  1. to pardon, to forgive, to excuse

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Old Provençal

Etymology

Latin perdono.

Verb

perdonar

  1. to pardon; to forgive

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *perdonāre (compare Catalan perdonar, Portuguese perdoar, French pardonner, Italian perdonare), from Latin per- + donāre, a loan-translation of a Germanic word represented by Frankish *firgeban (to forgive, give up completely), from fir- + geban. Akin to Old High German fargeban, firgeban (to forgive), Old English forġiefan (to forgive). More at forgive.

Verb

perdonar (first-person singular present perdono, first-person singular preterite perdoné, past participle perdonado)

  1. to pardon, excuse, forgive

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