largueza

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese largueza: from largo (“generous, broad”) +‎ -eza.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laɾˈɡeθa/ [laɾˈɣ̞e.θɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /laɾˈɡeθa/ [laɾˈɣ̞e.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /laɾˈħeθa/ [laɾˈħe.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada and seseo) /laɾˈħesa/ [laɾˈħe.sɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -eθa

• Rhymes: -eθa
• Rhymes: -esa

• Hyphenation: lar‧gue‧za

Noun

largueza f (plural larguezas)

1. largesse; generosity

   Antonym: avaricia

   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, 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

2. breadth

Related terms

• largo

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “largueza”, 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), “largueza”, 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), “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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laʁˈɡe.zɐ/ [laɦˈɡe.zɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laʁˈɡe.zɐ/ [laɦˈɡe.zɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /laɾˈɡe.zɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /laʁˈɡe.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laɻˈɡe.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐɾˈɡe.zɐ/ [lɐɾˈɣe.zɐ]

• Hyphenation: lar‧gue‧za

Noun

largueza f (plural larguezas)

1. largess; generosity

   Synonym: generosidade

Related terms

• largo
• largura

Spanish

Etymology

From largo +‎ -eza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɾˈɡeθa/ [laɾˈɣ̞e.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /laɾˈɡesa/ [laɾˈɣ̞e.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: lar‧gue‧za

Noun

largueza f (plural larguezas)

1. largesse, generosity

   Synonym: generosidad

2. length (distance measured along the longest dimension of an object)

   Synonym: longitud

Further reading

• “largueza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024