pureza

Asturian

Noun

pureza f (plural pureces)

1. purity

Related terms

• puru

Galician

Noun

pureza f (plural purezas)

1. purity

   Antonym: impureza

Related terms

• puro

Further reading

• “pureza”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pūritia, from pūrus (“limpid; pure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈɾe.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: pu‧re‧za

Noun

pureza f (plural purezas)

1. purity (the state of being pure)

   Synonym: puridade

   Antonyms: impureza, poluição

2. cleanliness (the state of being clean)

   Synonyms: asseio, higiene, limpeza

   Antonyms: desasseio, imundice, imundícia, imundície, porcaria, sujeira, sujidade

3. innocence (lack of ability or intention to harm or damage)

   Synonym: inocência

   Antonym: malícia

4. chastity; virginity

   Synonyms: castidade, virgindade

Related terms

• puridade
• purificação
• purificado
• purificador
• purificante
• purificar
• purificativo
• purificatório
• puro

Spanish

Etymology

From puro +‎ -eza or descended directly from Latin pūritia; in either case, from pūrus (“pure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /puˈɾeθa/ [puˈɾe.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /puˈɾesa/ [puˈɾe.sa]
• Rhymes: -eθa
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: pu‧re‧za

Noun

pureza f (plural purezas)

1. purity

   Synonym: puridad

Derived terms

• impureza
• paño de pureza

 

Related terms

• puro

 

Further reading

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