estética
See also: estetica and estètica
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- esthetica (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós, “of sense perception”), from αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “to feel”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewisd-, from *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈtɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/, /esˈtɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈtɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/, /eʃˈtɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈtɛ.t͡ʃi.ka/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈtɛ.ti.kɐ/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ɪʃ.ˈtɛ.ti.kɐ/
- Hyphenation: es‧té‧ti‧ca
Noun
estética f (plural estéticas)
- aesthetic (the study of art or beauty)
Adjective
estética
- feminine singular of estético
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós, “of sense perception”), from αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “to feel”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewisd-, from *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”).
Noun
estética f (plural estéticas)
- aesthetic
- (philosophy) aesthetics
- (Mexico) hair salon, beauty shop
Adjective
estética f sg
- feminine singular of estético
Further reading
- “estético”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014