fraqueza

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fraqueza (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from fraco (“weak”) + -eza (“-ity”), from Latin flaccus (“flaccid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɾaˈkeθɐ]

Noun

fraqueza f (plural fraquezas)

1. weakness

   Synonyms: debilidade, fraquén, frouxidade

Related terms

• fraquén

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fraqueza, from fraco (“weak”) + -eza (“-ity”), from Latin flaccus (“flaccid”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾaˈke.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾaˈke.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾaˈke.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾɐˈke.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: fra‧que‧za

Noun

fraqueza f (plural fraquezas)

1. (uncountable) weakness (the condition of being weak)

   Synonyms: debilidade, fragilidade

   Antonyms: força, poder, potência, vigor

2. weakness; fault

   Synonyms: ponto fraco, falha, desvantagem

   Antonyms: ponto forte, vantagem

Related terms

• enfraquecer
• enfraquecido
• fraco
• fraquear
• fraquejar