belleza
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from Catalan bellesa or Old Occitan belhesa, from Vulgar Latin *bellitia. By surface analysis, bello + -eza. Compare Italian bellezza, Portuguese beleza.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Colombia): (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -eθa
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -esa
- Syllabification: be‧lle‧za
Noun edit
belleza f (plural bellezas)
- beauty (the quality of being beautiful)
- Synonym: hermosura
- beauty (beautiful person or object)
- Synonym: hermosura
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Further reading edit
- “belleza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014