comenencia
Galician
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin convenientia. Doublet of conveniencia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [komẽˈnẽnθi̯ɐ], (western) [komẽˈnẽnsi̯ɐ]
Noun
comenencia f (plural comenencias)
- 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
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “comenencia”, 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), “comenencia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “comenencia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN