beleza

Galician

Etymology

Compare Portuguese beleza, Spanish belleza.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /beˈleθa/ [beˈle.θɐ]

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

 

• Rhymes: -eθa

• Rhymes: -eθa
• 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)

Related terms

• belo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan belleza or Italian bellezza, 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/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈle.zɐ/

• 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

Related terms

• beldade
• belo

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

• belê?, blz (Internet slang)

Further reading

• beleza on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt