largueza

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laɾˈɡeθa/ [laɾˈɣ̞e.θɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /laɾˈɡeθa/ [laɾˈɣ̞e.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /laɾˈħeθa/ [laɾˈħe.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada and seseo) /laɾˈħesa/ [laɾˈħe.sɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -eθa

• (standard) Rhymes: -eθa
• (seseo) Rhymes: -esa

• Hyphenation: lar‧gue‧za

Noun

largueza f (plural larguezas)

1. largesse; generosity

   Antonym: avaricia

   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, 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

2. breadth

Related terms

• largo

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laʁˈɡe.zɐ/ [laɦˈɡe.zɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laʁˈɡe.zɐ/ [laɦˈɡe.zɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /laɾˈɡe.zɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /laʁˈɡe.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laɻˈɡe.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐɾˈɡe.zɐ/ [lɐɾˈɣe.zɐ]

• Hyphenation: lar‧gue‧za

Noun

largueza f (plural larguezas)

1. largess; generosity

   Synonym: generosidade

Related terms

• largo
• largura

Spanish

Etymology

From 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

• “largueza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014