belleza

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Spanish

 belleza on Spanish Wikipedia

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): (most of Spain) /beˈʝeθa/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /beˈʎeθa/
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /beˈʝesa/
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /beˈʎesa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /beˈʃesa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /beˈʒesa/

  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • 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

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