Feminine
Meaning
- (feminine) laziness; sloth (unwillingness to do work)
- (feminine) sloth (any animal in the suborder Folivora)
Concepts
Opposite of
diligência
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɾeˈɡi.sɐ/
Etymology
In summary
From Old Galician-Portuguese pegriça, from Latin pigritia. Cognate with Italian pigrizia, Spanish pereza, French paresse.
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