catadura

From Old Galician-Portuguese catadura (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): catar (“to look”) +‎ -dura.

• IPA^(key): /kataˈðuɾa̝/

catadura f (plural cataduras)

1. face, countenance, looks, appearance; glance, gaze
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 133:

     Rey Calrros auia os cabelos brũus et a façe uermella, et avia o corpo moy bẽ feicto et de boo estado, et a catadura braua

     King Charles had brown hair and a reddish face, and his body was very well formed and in good shape, and his looks was fierce

• “catadura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “catadura” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “catadura” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “catadura” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

From catar +‎ -dura.

• IPA^(key): /kataˈduɾa/ [ka.t̪aˈð̞u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: ca‧ta‧du‧ra

catadura f (plural cataduras)

1. tasting

   catadura de vinos ― wine tasting

2. appearance, look

   mala catadura ― bad looking

• “catadura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014