beleza

Galician

Etymology

Compare Portuguese beleza, Spanish belleza.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /beˈleθa/ [beˈle.θɐ]
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /beˈlesa/ [beˈle.sɐ]

 
  • (standard) Rhymes: -eθa
  • (seseo) Rhymes: -esa

  • Hyphenation: be‧le‧za

Noun

beleza f (plural belezas)

  1. beauty (property of being attractive, pleasing, fine, or good-looking)
    Synonyms: beldade, fermosura
    Antonym: fealdade
  2. beauty (someone who is beautiful)
  3. beauty (something that is particularly good or pleasing)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan belleza or Italian bellezza,[1][2][3] both from Vulgar Latin *bellitia, a noun based on Latin bellus (“pretty”). By surface analysis, belo +‎ -eza. Compare Spanish belleza and Catalan bellesa.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /beˈle.zɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /beˈle.za/

  • Rhymes: (most dialects) -ezɐ, (Southern Brazil) -eza
  • Hyphenation: be‧le‧za

Noun

beleza f (plural belezas)

  1. beauty (the condition of being beautiful)
    Synonyms: boniteza, lindeza
    • 1962, “Garota de Ipanema”, Vinicius de Moraes (lyrics), Antônio Carlos Jobim (music):
      ah, a beleza que existe
      a beleza que não é só minha
      que também passa sozinha
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. beauty (a beautiful thing or person)
    Synonyms: beldade, lindo, lindeza

Derived terms
  • belezão
  • belezinha
  • cansar a beleza
  • ser uma beleza

Interjection

beleza

  1. (Brazil, informal) what's up? (informal greeting)
  2. (Brazil, informal) all right; okay (used either as a question or answer/agreement)
  3. (Brazil, informal) a response to the greeting “Beleza?”

Alternative forms

References
  1. “beleza” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “beleza” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
  3. “beleza” in iDicionário Aulete.

Further reading
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