bonanza
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish bonanza (“calm sea, fair weather, good luck, rich lode”), from Medieval Latin bonacia (“fair weather”), a blend of bonus (“good”) + malacia (“calm sea”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bonanza (plural bonanzas)
- (mining) A rich mine or vein of silver or gold.
- Antonym: borrasca
- The point at which two mother lodes intersect.
- (by extension, figurative) Anything which is a great source of wealth or yields a large income or return.
- Synonym: mother lode
- The popular show quickly became a ratings bonanza for the network.
- 2013 August 31, Bagehot, “The parable of the Clyde”, in The Economist[1], volume 408, number 8851:
- For two decades the bonanza on Scotland’s west coast continued. An occupation that had been seasonal and modestly profitable became year-round and lucrative. Baskets of herring put televisions into fishermen’s cottages and cars outside their doors. But fish, like oil and gas, with which Scotland’s continental shelf is also well-endowed, are not in unlimited supply.
- 2021 March 26, Peter S. Goodman, “In Suez Canal, Stuck Ship Is a Warning About Excessive Globalization”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
- It has also yielded a bonanza for corporate executives and other shareholders: Money not spent filling warehouses with unneeded auto parts is, at least in part, money that can be given to shareholders in the form of dividends.
Descendants edit
- → Polish: bonanza
Translations edit
rich mine or vein of silver or gold
point at which two mother lodes intersect
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English bonanza, from Spanish bonanza, from Vulgar Latin *bonacia, alteration of malacia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bonanza f
- (literary, mining) bonanza (rich mine or vein of silver or gold)
- (literary) gold mine, lucky strike, sweet deal (very profitable economic venture)
- (colloquial) lark, snorter (unexpected, unusual event)
- Synonym: heca
Declension edit
Declension of bonanza
Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *bonacia, alteration of malacia.[1] Compare Italian bonaccia (“dead calm”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /boˈnanθa/ [boˈnãn̟.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /boˈnansa/ [boˈnãn.sa]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -anθa
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -ansa
- Syllabification: bo‧nan‧za
Noun edit
bonanza f (plural bonanzas)
- (nautical) good weather
- (figurative) bloom, flourishing
- Synonym: prosperidad
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ “bonanza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Further reading edit
- “bonanza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014