fiúza

See also: Fiúza

Galician

A boat named A Fiúza

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese feuza (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fīdūcia (“trust, confidence”), from Latin fidō (“to trust”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti (“to trust”). Compare Old Spanish hucia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fiˈuθɐ], (western) [fiˈusɐ]

Noun

fiúza f (plural fiúzas)

1. trust, confidence

   Synonym: confianza

   • 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C, page 188:

     Meus fillos nõ ajades medo ca aqui soo eu vosco quen vos chamastes, avede fiuza en Ihesucristo et averedes soude en [este] mũdo et ẽno outro

     My children, don't be afraid because I am here with you, as you called for me; have trust in Jesus Christ and you shall have health in this world and in the other

Derived terms

• afiuzar (“to trust”)
• desafiuzar (“to evict”)
• fiucego (“trustworthy”)

Related terms

• Fiúza, Fiúsa

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “feuza”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fiuza”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fiuza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fiuza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega