careza

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese careza (13th century, Pero da Ponte): from caro (“expensive”) +‎ -eza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑˈɾeθɐ]

Noun

careza f (plural carezas)

1. scarcity
   • 1350, A. López Carreira, editor, Documentos do arquivo da catedral de Ourense (1289-1399), page 531:

     este aforamento vos fazemos por razon da pestilençia, da mortaldade das jentes e a careza dos jornaes dos ommes

     this leasing we make to you because of the pestilence, the mortality of people and the scarcity of hired work of men

2. expensiveness

   Synonym: carestía

Related terms

• caro

References

• “careza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “careza” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “careza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “careza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Etymology 2

Verb

careza

1. inflection of carecer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative