belleza

Spanish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Catalan bellesa or Old Occitan belhesa, from Vulgar Latin *bellitia. By surface analysis, bello +‎ -eza. Compare Italian bellezza, Portuguese beleza.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /beˈʝeθa/ [beˈʝe.θa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /beˈʝeθa/ [beˈʝe.θa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /beˈʎeθa/ [beˈʎe.θa]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /beˈʝesa/ [beˈʝe.sa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /beˈʝesa/ [beˈʝe.sa]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /beˈʎesa/ [beˈʎe.sa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /beˈʃesa/ [beˈʃe.sa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /beˈʒesa/ [beˈʒe.sa]

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• Rhymes: -eθa
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: be‧lle‧za

Noun

belleza f (plural bellezas)

1. beauty (the quality of being beautiful)

   Synonym: hermosura

2. beauty (beautiful person or object)

   Synonym: hermosura

Derived terms

• belleza sureña
• la belleza está en los ojos de quien ve
• salón de belleza

Related terms

• bello

Further reading

• “belleza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10