envexa

Galician

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese enveja, from Latin invidia. Cognate with Portuguese inveja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [emˈbeʃɐ]

Noun

envexa f (plural envexas)

1. envy, jealousy

Derived terms

• envexar

Related terms

• envexoso

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enveja”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enveja”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “envexa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “envexa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Further reading

• “envexa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Etymology 2

Verb

envexa

1. inflection of envexar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative