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Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese sospeita (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), back-formation from sospeitar.
Pronunciation
Noun
sospeita f (plural sospeitas)
- suspicion; distrust
1474, José García Oro, editor, Galicia en la Baja Edad Media. Iglesia, señorío y nobleza, Santiago: Bibliófilos Gallegos, page 255:Item en quanto ay algunnas sospeytas e themores entre os ditos Señor Arçobispo e Visconde- Item, because there are some suspicions and fears in between said Lord Archbishop and Viscount
Adjective
sospeita
- (archaic) suspicious (feminine singular of sospeito)
- 1346, E. Duro Peña (ed.), El Monasterio de S. Pedro de Rocas y su colección documental. Ourense: Instituto de Estudios Orensanos "Padre Feijoo", page 189:
a qual carta non pareçía suspeita- said charter didn't look suspicious
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sospeita”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “speita”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “speyta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sospeita”, 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), “sospeita”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Etymology 2
Verb
sospeita
- inflection of sospeitar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Noun
sospeita f (plural sospeitas)
- Obsolete spelling of suspeita.
Adjective
sospeita
- Obsolete spelling of suspeita.
Verb
sospeita
- Obsolete spelling of suspeita.
Etymology 2
Verb
sospeita
- inflection of sospeitar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative