natureza
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese natureza. Cognate of Portuguese natureza; also compare Spanish naturaleza.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
natureza f (plural naturezas)
- nature (which exists)
- Synonym: mundo
- nature (natural world)
- nature, essence
- 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 264:
- mentre Castella et Leõ et Nauarra erã corrudas et maltreitas dos mouros, vẽo hũu caualeiro do condado de Bigora, que de sua natureza era muy vsado en armas et en caualaria, et era muy afamado ende.
- while Castille and Leon and Navarre were raided and battered by the Moors, a knight came from the county of Bigorre, which is in its nature very able in weapons and cavalry, and who was very famous there
References edit
- “natureza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “nature” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “natureza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “natureza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From natura + -eza or, since the suffix is usually appended to adjectives, from Latin nātūrāle + -eza with posterior regular elision of intervocalic /-l-/ (compare Asturian and Spanish naturaleza).
Noun edit
natureza f
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese natureza. cognate with Galician natureza. Compare Spanish naturaleza.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: na‧tu‧re‧za
Noun edit
natureza f (plural naturezas)
- nature (natural world)
- O Homem pertence à natureza.
- Man belongs to nature.
- nature, character, distinguishing features
- Ele não se consegue controlar; é a sua natureza.
- He can't control himself; it's his nature.