comenencia

Galician

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin convenientia. Doublet of conveniencia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [komẽˈnẽnθi̯ɐ], (western) [komẽˈnẽnsi̯ɐ]

Noun

comenencia f (plural comenencias)

1. personal interest or involvement lacking solidarity

   Leva coidado con el, só se te arrima pola súa comenencia ― Be careful, he gets near you just out of his own interest.

   • 1877, O Tío Marcos da Portela, number 39:

     Os pródicos falan forte, que ó cabo vixías son do noso adianto, mais as súas falas, como hai moitos que son xordos de comenencia, fan o efeuto de sermós en deserto.

     The periodicals speak loudly, after all they are watchmen of our progress, but their speeches, since there a so many who are deaf because of their own interest, have the effect of preaching in the desert.

Derived terms

• comenenciudo (“opportunist”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “comenencia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “comenencia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “comenencia”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN