grossura

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Old Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From gruesso (thick, fat) +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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grossura f (plural grossuras)

  1. fatness, thickness
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 4r:
      Reſpuſo ẏſaac ⁊ dẏxo. De groſſura de la tierra ⁊ del ruçio ſera tu bẽdicion. De los cieloᷤ ſera tu bendicion. Sobre tu eſpada biuras. E ato ermano seruiras. []
      Isaac answered and said, “Your blessing shall be away from the fatness of the earth and from the dew. Your blessing shall be away from the heavens. You shall live by the sword and your brother you shall serve. []

Descendants

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  • Spanish: grosura

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From grosso (thick) +‎ -ura (-ure), from Old Galician-Portuguese grosso, from Latin grossus (thick).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: gros‧su‧ra

Noun

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grossura f (plural grossuras)

  1. thickness (property of being thick in dimension)
    Synonym: (obsolete) grossor
    Antonym: finura
  2. thickness (a measure of how thick in dimension something is)
    Synonym: (obsolete) grossidão
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