largueza

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and 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

Related terms

• largo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “largueza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “largueza”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “largueza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “largueza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “largueza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Noun

largueza f (plural larguezas)

1. largess; generosity

   Synonym: generosidade

Related terms

• largo
• largura

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Spanish

Noun

largueza f (plural larguezas)

1. largesse

Further reading

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