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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pegriça, from Latin pigritia. Cognate with Italian pigrizia, Spanish pereza, French paresse.
Pronunciation
Noun
preguiça f (plural preguiças)
- laziness; sloth (unwillingness to do work)
- Synonyms: ócio, ociosidade, vadiagem
- Antonym: diligência
- (Christianity) sloth (deadly sin)
- (zoology) sloth (mammal)
- Synonym: bicho-preguiça
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