preguiça
Portuguese
/pɾɨˈɣisɐ/, /pɾe.ˈɡi.sɐ/, /pɾɛ.ˈɡi.sa/
noun
Definitions
- laziness; sloth unwillingness to do work
- (Christianity) sloth deadly sin
- (zoology) sloth mammal
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese pegriça inherited from Latin pigritia.
Origin
Latin
pigritia
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- piger Latin
- pigritia Latin
- pīgritia Latin
- pigrizia Italian
- pigro Italian
- paresse French
- paresseux French
- perecear Spanish, Castilian
- pereza Spanish, Castilian
- perezoso Spanish, Castilian
- preguicite Portuguese
- preguiçosamente Portuguese
- preguiçoso Portuguese
- peresce Old French
- peresa Catalan, Valencian
- preguiceiro Galician
- preguiza Galician
- preguizoso Galician
- pegriça Old Portuguese
- pares Mauritian Creole