noun, feminine/anˈɡoxa/plural: angojas
grief; anguish
Inherited from Old Spanish angoxa, itself borrowed from Old Catalan angoxa, from Latin angustiae (“tribulations, difficulties”). (/ʃ/ > /x/ is not a native outcome of /-stj-/ in Spanish.) Doublet of angustia. Compare modern Catalan angoixa.