gentileza

Portuguese

Etymology

From gentil +‎ -eza.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒẽ.t͡ʃiˈle.zɐ/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒẽ.tiˈle.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: gen‧ti‧le‧za

Noun

gentileza f (plural gentilezas)

1. kindness (being kind)

   Synonym: amabilidade

Spanish

Alternative forms

• gentiliza (nonstandard)

Etymology

From gentil +‎ -eza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /xentiˈleθa/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈle.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /xentiˈlesa/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈle.sa]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -eθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: gen‧ti‧le‧za

Noun

gentileza f (plural gentilezas)

1. kindness

   Synonym: amabilidad

2. courtesy

   Synonym: cortesía

Further reading

• “gentileza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014