preguiça

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pegriça, from Latin pigritia. Cognate with Italian pigrizia, Spanish pereza, French paresse.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾeˈɡi.sɐ/, /pɾiˈɡi.sɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾeˈɡi.sa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨˈɡi.sɐ/ [pɾɨˈɣi.sɐ]

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾɛ.ˈɡi.sa/
  • Rhymes: -isɐ
  • Hyphenation: pre‧gui‧ça

Noun

preguiça f (plural preguiças)

  1. laziness; sloth (unwillingness to do work)
    Synonyms: ócio, ociosidade, vadiagem
    Antonym: diligência
  2. sloth (any animal in the suborder Folivora)
    Synonyms: bicho-preguiça, aí

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