viveza
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /biˈbeθa/ [biˈβ̞e.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /biˈbesa/ [biˈβ̞e.sa]
- Rhymes: -eθa
- Rhymes: -esa
- Syllabification: vi‧ve‧za
Noun
[edit]viveza f (plural vivezas)
- liveliness
- life
- (Central America, Panama, colloquial) Cunning or smartness, sometimes in the context of gaining an advantage over others, even if ethically questionable.
- Synonym: (Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela) viveza criolla
- (Central America, Panama, colloquial, by extension) An act of deceit, such as cheating or exploiting legal loopholes for personal gain.
Further reading
[edit]- “viveza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Categories:
- Spanish terms suffixed with -eza
- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eθa
- Rhymes:Spanish/eθa/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/esa
- Rhymes:Spanish/esa/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Central American Spanish
- Panamanian Spanish
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