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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French velléité; assimilated to the Spanish suffix -dad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beleiˈdad/
- Rhymes: -ad
- Syllabification: ve‧lei‧dad
Noun
veleidad f (plural veleidades)
- caprice, whimsy
1884, Miguel Cané, Juvenilia, Cahapter 30:En una confesión general, sin embargo, tuve la veleidad de resistirme. Obligado a ir al confesionario, dije abiertamente al sacerdote que estaba tras de la reja, que no creía una palabra de esas cosas, y que, por tanto, era de su deber no obligarme a mentir.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- fickleness
- Synonym: inconstancia
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