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Portuguese
Etymology
From altivo + -ez. Cognate with Spanish altivez.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eʃ
- Hyphenation: al‧ti‧vez
Noun
altivez f (plural altivezes)
- haughtiness; arrogance
Further reading
- “altivez”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “altivez”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “altivez” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “altivez”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “altivez”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “altivez”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From altivo + -ez. Cognate with Portuguese altivez.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /altiˈbeθ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /altiˈbes/
- Rhymes: -eθ
- Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: al‧ti‧vez
Noun
altivez f (plural altiveces)
- haughtiness; arrogance
- Synonyms: arrogancia, soberbia, altanería
Further reading