vejez

See also: vejéz

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

  • ueiez, veiez (alternative representations of the spelling)
  • vejeza

Etymology

From viejo (old, aged) + -ez.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /βeˈʒed͡z/

Noun

vejez f (usually uncountable)

  1. old age
    Antonyms: juuentut f, mancebez f, mancebia f
    • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1r:
      [] Qve ẏo loar me pueda de ti en my veiez. Aſſẏ cuemo me loe en mẏ iuuẽtud.
      [] That I may be able to rejoice in you in my old age as I rejoiced in my youth.

Descendants

  • Ladino: vejéz
  • Spanish: vejez

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish vejez. By surface analysis, viejo (old) + -ez.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /beˈxeθ/ [beˈxeθ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /beˈxes/ [beˈxes]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -eθ
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -es
  • Syllabification: ve‧jez

Noun

vejez f (plural vejeces)

  1. old age
    • 1973, “Cuando Ya Me Empiece a Quedar Solo”, in Confesiones de Invierno, performed by Sui Generis:
      Una vejez sin temores / Y una vida reposada
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also

  • a la vejez, viruelas

Further reading

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