sospeita

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese sospeita (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), back-formation from sospeitar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sosˈpejtɐ]

Noun

sospeita f (plural sospeitas)

1. suspicion; distrust
   • 1474, José García Oro, editor, Galicia en la Baja Edad Media. Iglesia, señorío y nobleza, Santiago: Bibliófilos Gallegos, page 255:

     Item en quanto ay algunnas sospeytas e themores entre os ditos Señor Arçobispo e Visconde

     Item, because there are some suspicions and fears in between said Lord Archbishop and Viscount

Adjective

sospeita

1. (archaic) suspicious (feminine singular of sospeito)
   • 1346, E. Duro Peña (ed.), El Monasterio de S. Pedro de Rocas y su colección documental. Ourense: Instituto de Estudios Orensanos "Padre Feijoo", page 189:

     a qual carta non pareçía suspeita

     said charter didn't look suspicious

Related terms

• sospeitar

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sospeita”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “speita”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “speyta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “sospeita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “sospeita” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Etymology 2

Verb

sospeita

1. inflection of sospeitar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

sospeita f (plural sospeitas)

1. Obsolete spelling of suspeita.

Adjective

sospeita

1. Obsolete spelling of suspeita.

Verb

sospeita

1. Obsolete spelling of suspeita.

Etymology 2

Verb

sospeita

1. inflection of sospeitar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative