riqueza

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riˈkeθa̝/, (western) /riˈkesa̝/

Noun

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

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References

  • “requeza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “requeza” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “riqueza” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “riqueza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “riqueza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “riqueza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ri‧que‧za

Noun

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

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Spanish

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Etymology

From rico +‎ -eza.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /riˈkeθa/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /riˈkesa/
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -eθa
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -esa
  • Syllabification: ri‧que‧za

Noun

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)

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