beleza
Galician
Etymology
Compare Portuguese beleza, Spanish belleza.
Noun
beleza f (plural belezas)
- beauty (property of being attractive, pleasing, fine, or good-looking)
- beauty (someone who is beautiful)
- beauty (something that is particularly good or pleasing)
Synonyms
- (property): beldade, fermosura
Antonyms
- (property): fealdade
Related terms
- belo
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Occitan belesa or Italian bellezza,[1][2] 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/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨˈle.zɐ/
- Hyphenation: be‧le‧za
Noun
beleza f (plural belezas)
- beauty (the condition of being beautiful)
- Synonyms: boniteza, lindeza
- 1962, Vinicius de Moraes (lyrics), Antônio Carlos Jobim (music), “Garota de Ipanema”:
- ah, a beleza que existe / a beleza que não é só minha / que também passa sozinha
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 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
- (Brazil, informal) what's up? (informal greeting)
- (Brazil, informal) all right; okay (used either as a question or answer/agreement)
- (Brazil, informal) a response to the greeting “Beleza?”
Alternative forms
- belê?, blz (Internet slang)
References
- “beleza” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “beleza” in iDicionário Aulete.
Further reading
beleza on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt