inveja

Portuguese

inveja

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɛ.ʒɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɛ.ʒɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɛ.ʒa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɛ.ʒɐ/, /ĩˈvɐ(j).ʒɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɛ.ʒɐ/, /ĩˈvɐ(j).ʒɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈbɛ.ʒɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɛ.ʒɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈvɛ.ʒɐ/

• Hyphenation: in‧ve‧ja

Etymology 1

From an alteration of Old Galician-Portuguese enveja, from Latin invidia. Compare Galician envexa, Catalan and Occitan enveja and French envie. Doublet of invídia, a borrowing with the same meaning.

Noun

inveja f (plural invejas)

1. envy

Related terms

• invejoso

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

inveja

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