riqueza

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

• Hyphenation: ri‧que‧za

riqueza f (plural riquezas)

1. riches; wealth (valuable material possessions)
2. (uncountable) richness (state or quality of being rich)

   Antonym: pobreza

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

• “riqueza”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “requeza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “requeza”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “riqueza”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “riqueza”, 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), “riqueza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “riqueza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

• Rhymes: -ezɐ
• Hyphenation: ri‧que‧za

riqueza f (plural riquezas)

1. (uncountable) riches; wealth (valuable material possessions)

   Synonym: fortuna

2. (uncountable) richness (state or quality of being rich)

   Synonyms: abastança, fartura, fortuna, opulência

   Antonyms: carência, indigência, miséria, míngua, penúria, pobreza

3. the wealth of a person, organisation or location collectively

   Synonyms: bens, património

4. (uncountable) wealth, abundance (great amount)

   Synonyms: abundância, fartura, opulência

   Antonyms: carência, escassez, falta, míngua

5. (uncountable) sumptuousness (quality of what displays wealth)

   Synonyms: fausto, luxo, opulência, suntuosidade

   Antonyms: humildade, simplicidade

6. natural resources

   Synonym: recursos naturais

• “riqueza”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “riqueza”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

From rico +‎ -eza.

• IPA^(key): /riˈkeθa/ [riˈke.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /riˈkesa/ [riˈke.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ri‧que‧za

riqueza f (plural riquezas)

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

   Synonyms: recurso, medios

• “riqueza”, 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