fiúza

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese feuza (Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fīdūcia (“trust, confidence”), from Latin fidō (“to trust”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti (“to trust”). Compare archaic Spanish hucia.

• IPA^(key): /fiˈuθa̝/

fiúza f (plural fiúzas)

1. trust, confidence
   • 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé, Os Miragres de Santiago. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 188:

     Meus fillos nõ ajades medo ca aqui soo eu vosco quen vos chamastes, avede fiuza en Ihesucristo et averedes soude en [este] mũdo et ẽno outro

     My children, don't be afraid because I am here with you, as you called for me; have trust in Jesus Christ and you shall have health in this world and in the other

• (dated) confianza

• afiuzar (“to trust”)
• desafiuzar (“to evict”)

• Fiúza, Fiúsa

• “feuza” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “fiuza” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “fiuza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “fiuza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.