Féminin

preguiça

Phrases
Signification (Anglais)

  1. (feminine) laziness; sloth (unwillingness to do work)
  2. (feminine) sloth (any animal in the suborder Folivora)

Opposé de
diligência
Synonymes

Bicho-Preguiça

Bicho-preguiça

mandrice

mândria

Fréquence

C2
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/pɾeˈɡi.sɐ/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese pegriça, from Latin pigritia. Cognate with Italian pigrizia, Spanish pereza, French paresse.

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