mingua

See also: míngua

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese mingua. Deverbal from minguar. Compare Portuguese míngua and Spanish mengua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmĩŋɡu̯ɐ]

Noun

mingua m (plural minguas)

1. loss, decrease

   Synonyms: devalo, diminución

2. lack

   Synonym: marra

3. (dated) blemish, disgrace

   Synonym: tacha

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mingua”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “mingua”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mingua”, 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), “mingua”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Etymology 2

Verb

mingua

1. inflection of minguar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mengua

Etymology

Deverbal from minguar.

Noun

mingua f (plural minguas)

1. lack

Descendants

• Galician: mingua
• Portuguese: míngua

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "mingua ~ mengua"

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• míngua (Brazil)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mĩˈɡu.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: min‧gu‧a

Verb

mingua

1. inflection of minguar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative