envexa

Galician

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese enveja, from Latin invidia. Cognate with Portuguese inveja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [emˈbeʃɐ]

Noun

envexa f (plural envexas)

1. envy, jealousy

Derived terms

• envexar

Related terms

• envexoso

References

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

Further reading

• “envexa” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Etymology 2

Verb

envexa

1. inflection of envexar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative