riqueza

See also: Riqueza

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese requeza (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from rico +‎ -eza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈkeθa̝/, (western) /riˈkesa̝/

Noun

riqueza f (plural riquezas)

1. riches; wealth (valuable material possessions)
2. (uncountable) richness (state or quality of being rich)
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 88:

     largueza cõtra avariçia, et omildade cõtra a soberbea, et castidade cõtra a luxuria, et oraçõ cõtra a entẽçon do [demo], et pobreza cõtra a rriqueza

     generosity versus avarice, and humbleness versus haughtiness, and chastity versus lust, and prayer versus the Devil's design, and poverty versus richness

   Antonym: pobreza

Related terms

• rico

Further reading

• “riqueza”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “requeza”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “riqueza”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “riqueza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Rico (“rich”) +‎ -eza (“-ness”), from Old Galician-Portuguese rico, from Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks, “powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“powerful, rich”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁi.ˈke.zɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ʁi.ˈke.zɐ/
• Hyphenation: ri‧que‧za

Noun

riqueza f (plural s)

1. (uncountable) riches; wealth (valuable material possessions)
2. (uncountable) richness (state or quality of being rich)
3. the wealth of a person, organisation or location collectively
4. (uncountable) wealth, abundance (great amount)
5. (uncountable) sumptuousness (quality of what displays wealth)
6. natural resources

Synonyms

• (riches): fortuna
• (richness): abastança, fartura, fortuna, opulência
• (wealth of a person, organisation or location): bens, património
• (abundance): abundância, fartura, opulência
• (sumptuousness): fausto, luxo, opulência, suntuosidade
• (natural resources): recursos naturais

Antonyms

• (richness): carência, indigência, miséria, míngua, penúria, pobreza
• (abundance): carência, escassez, falta, míngua
• (sumptuousness): humildade, simplicidade

Related terms

• rico

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Spanish

Etymology

rico +‎ -eza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /riˈkeθa/ [riˈke.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /riˈkesa/ [riˈke.sa]
• Hyphenation: ri‧que‧za

Noun

riqueza f (plural riquezas)

1. wealth, affluence, richness
2. riches (in singular or plural)
3. mammon (plural)
4. richness (i.e. quality of being extremely abundant or having high intrinsic value)
5. resource (raw material used to achieve an objective) (almost always in the plural)

Related terms

• rico

Further reading

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