largueza

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese largueza: from largo (generous, broad) + -eza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [laɾˈɣeθɐ]

Noun

largueza f (plural larguezas)

  1. largesse; generosity
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 88:
      et largueza cõtra avariçia, et omildade cõtra a soberbea, et castidade cõtra a luxuria
      and largesse against avarice, and humbleness against haughtiness, and chastity against lust
    Antonym: avaricia
  2. breadth

References

  • largueza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • largueza” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • largueza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • largueza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • largueza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Noun

largueza f (plural larguezas)

  1. largess; generosity
    Synonym: generosidade

Spanish

Etymology

largo + -eza

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /laɾˈɡeθa/ [laɾˈɣ̞e.θa]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /laɾˈɡesa/ [laɾˈɣ̞e.sa]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -eθa
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -esa
  • Syllabification: lar‧gue‧za

Noun

largueza f (plural larguezas)

  1. largesse, generosity
    Synonym: generosidad
  2. length (distance measured along the longest dimension of an object)
    Synonym: longitud

Further reading

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