preguiza
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese (the derivative preguiçoso is already attested in the Cantigas de Santa Maria, 13th century), from Latin pīgritia. Cognate with Portuguese preguiça, Italian pigrizia, Spanish pereza, French paresse.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpreguiza f (plural preguizas)
- laziness, sloth (unwillingness to do work)
- (Christianity) sloth (deadly sin)
Derived terms
edit- preguiceiro (“lazy”)
- preguizoso (“lazy”)
References
edit- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “preguiçoso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pregu”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “preguiza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “preguiza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “preguiza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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