puridad

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin pūritātem, from Latin pūrus (“pure”). Cf. also the older or rarer variants, poridad and poridat, inherited from Old Spanish and later modified.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puɾiˈdad/ [pu.ɾiˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: pu‧ri‧dad

Noun

puridad f (uncountable)

1. (rare) purity

   Synonym: pureza

2. secretiveness

   Synonym: secretismo

3. stealth

   Synonym: sigilo

Further reading

• “puridad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28