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Galician
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin fluxus. Cognate with Portuguese frouxo, Spanish flojo, Catalan fluix.
Pronunciation
Adjective
frouxo (feminine frouxa, masculine plural frouxos, feminine plural frouxas)
- loose, lax
- (figuratively) cowardly, pusillanimous
Derived terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “frouxo”, 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), “frouxo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin fluxus.[1][2] Doublet of chocho and fluxo.
Pronunciation
Adjective
frouxo (feminine frouxa, masculine plural frouxos, feminine plural frouxas, comparable, comparative mais frouxo, superlative o mais frouxo or frouxíssimo)
- loose, lax
- (figuratively) cowardly, pusillanimous
References