angustia

Meaning

Noun

1. (declension-1, feminine, in-plural) narrowness, straitness
2. (declension-1, feminine, figuratively, in-plural) defile, straight, gorge
3. (declension-1, feminine) want, scarcity, poverty, anguish
4. (declension-1, feminine) brevity, simplicity
5. (declension-1, feminine, in-plural) tribulations, trials, difficulties, necessities

Verb

second-person singular present active imperative of angustiō

Opposite of

dīvitiae, opulentia

Pronounced as (IPA)

[aŋˈɡʊs.ti.a]

Etymology

From angustus (“narrow, strait, constricted”) + -ia.