angustia

See also angústia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angustia. Compare the doublet angoscia.

Noun

angustia f (plural angustie)

1. lack of space
2. want, poverty
3. anguish, distress

Verb

angustia

1. third-person singular present indicative of angustiare
2. second-person singular imperative of angustiare

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Latin

Noun

angustia (genitive angustiae); f, first declension

1. (in the plural) narrowness, straitness
2. (in the plural) defile, straight
3. want, anguish
4. brevity, simplicity
5. (in the plural) tribulations, trials, difficulties, necessities

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	angustia	angustiae
genitive	angustiae	angustiārum
dative	angustiae	angustiīs
accusative	angustiam	angustiās
ablative	angustiā	angustiīs
vocative	angustia	angustiae

Related terms

• angustus

Verb

angustiā

1. first-person singular present active imperative of angustiō

Descendants

• English: anguish
• French: angoisse
• Italian: angoscia, angustia
• Portuguese: angústia
• Spanish: angoja, angustia

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin angustia. Cf. angoja, from the same source.

Noun

angustia f (plural angustias)

1. anguish

Related terms

• angustiado
• angustiar
• angustioso

Verb

angustia (infinitive angustiar)

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of angustiar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of angustiar.