pujanza
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pujar (“to struggle, push”) + -anza.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /puˈxanθa/ [puˈxãn̟.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /puˈxansa/ [puˈxãn.sa]
- Rhymes: -anθa
- Rhymes: -ansa
- Syllabification: pu‧jan‧za
Noun
[edit]pujanza f (plural pujanzas)
- strength, might
- 2021 January 2, Claudi Pérez, “Salvador Illa: el triunfo de la sobriedad”, in El País[1]:
- Entre la veintena de fuentes entrevistadas para este perfil sobresalen dos grandes explicaciones para esa aparente contradicción que supone la pujanza de Illa en mitad de la mayor crisis sanitaria en un siglo.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- “pujanza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16