inveja
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩˈvɛ.ʒɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩˈvɛ.ʒa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩˈvɛ.ʒɐ/, /ĩˈvɐ(j).ʒɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩˈbɛ.ʒɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩˈvɛ.ʒɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩˈvɛ.ʒɐ/
- Hyphenation: in‧ve‧ja
Etymology 1
From an alteration of Old Galician-Portuguese enveja, from Latin invidia. Compare Galician envexa, Catalan and Occitan enveja and French envie. Doublet of invídia, a learned borrowing with the same meaning.
Noun
inveja f (plural invejas)
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
inveja
- inflection of invejar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “inveja”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026