The story behind Ronaldo
Borrowed from English Ronald, anglicized from a Scottish Gaelic form of Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr, from rǫgn (“advice”) + valdr (“power”), later partly merged with the Continental Germanic equivalent Reynold.
Other language forms and explanations (1)
Spanish entry
Borrowed from English Ronald.
Pronunciation
Portuguese; Brazil: /ʁoˈnaw.du/
Regional pronunciation variants
- Portuguese; Brazil: [hoˈnaʊ̯.du]
- Portuguese; Rio-de-Janeiro: [χoˈnaʊ̯.du]
- Portuguese; Portugal: /ʁuˈnal.du/
- Portuguese; Portugal: [ʁuˈnaɫ.du]
- Portuguese; Portugal: /ʁɔˈnal.du/
- Portuguese; Portugal: [ʁɔˈnaɫ.du]
- Spanish: /roˈnaldo/
- Spanish: [roˈnal̪.d̪o]
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