felonía

See also: felonia

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese felonia (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French felonie, from Germanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [feloˈniɐ]

Noun

felonía m (plural felonías)

1. (archaic) wrath
2. disloyalty, treachery; wrong

Related terms

• felón

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “felonia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “felonía”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “felonía”, 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), “felonía”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feloˈnia/ [fe.loˈni.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: fe‧lo‧ní‧a

Noun

felonía f (plural felonías)

1. disloyalty, treachery

   Synonym: traición

2. (US, Philippines) felony

Related terms

• felón

Further reading

• “felonía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025