preguiza

Galician

Alternative forms
  • perguiza, priguiza

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old 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
  • IPA(key): /pɾeˈɣiθa̝/, (western) /pɾeˈɣisa̝/

Noun

preguiza f (plural preguizas)

  1. laziness, sloth (unwillingness to do work)
  2. (Christianity) sloth (deadly sin)

Derived terms

References
  • “preguiçoso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “pregu” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “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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