fraqueza

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fraqueza (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from fraco (weak) + -eza (-ity), from Latin flaccus (flaccid).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fɾaˈkeθɐ]

Noun

fraqueza f (plural fraquezas)

  1. weakness
    Synonyms: debilidade, fraquén, frouxidade

References

  • fraqueza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • fraqueza” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • fraqueza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • fraqueza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fraqueza, from fraco (weak) + -eza (-ity), from Latin flaccus (flaccid).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾaˈke.zɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾaˈke.za/

  • Hyphenation: fra‧que‧za

Noun

fraqueza f (plural fraquezas)

  1. (uncountable) weakness (the condition of being weak)
    Synonyms: debilidade, fragilidade
    Antonyms: força, poder, potência, vigor
  2. weakness; fault
    Synonyms: ponto fraco, falha, desvantagem
    Antonyms: ponto forte, vantagem
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