comenencia

Galician

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin convenientia. Doublet of conveniencia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [komẽˈnẽnθi̯ɐ], (western) [komẽˈnẽnsi̯ɐ]

Noun

comenencia f (plural comenencias)

1. personal interest or involvement lacking solidarity

   Leva coidado con el, só se te arrima pola súa comenencia ― Be careful, he gets near you just out of his own interest.

   • 1877, O Tío Marcos da Portela, number 39:

     Os pródicos falan forte, que ó cabo vixías son do noso adianto, mais as súas falas, como hai moitos que son xordos de comenencia, fan o efeuto de sermós en deserto.

     The periodicals speak loudly, after all they are watchmen of our progress, but their speeches, since there a so many who are deaf because of their own interest, have the effect of preaching in the desert.

Derived terms

• comenenciudo (“opportunist”)

References

• “comenencia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “comenencia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “comenencia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.