preguiça
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese pegriça, from Latin pigritia. Cognate with Italian pigrizia, Spanish pereza, French paresse.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾeˈɡi.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾeˈɡi.sa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɨˈɡi.sɐ/ [pɾɨˈɣi.sɐ]
- (Nordestino) IPA(key): /pɾɛ.ˈɡi.sa/
Noun
preguiça f (plural preguiças)
- laziness; sloth (unwillingness to do work)
- Synonyms: ócio, ociosidade, [[vadiagem<q:slang#Portuguese|vadiagem<q:slang]], [[derogatory>#Portuguese|derogatory>]]
- Antonym: diligência
- (Christianity) sloth (deadly sin)
- (zoology) sloth (mammal)
- Synonym: bicho-preguiça
Derived terms
- espreguiçar
- preguiçoso