Polyglot Dictionary

ociosidade

/osjoziˈdadi/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. idleness

    • Ele passou as férias em completa ociosidade.

      He spent the vacation in complete idleness.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

Palavra formal/literária; pode ter sentido negativo (preguiça) ou positivo (descanso merecido).

Practice

1 What does ociosidade mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ele passou as férias em completa ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ociosidade?

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