beleza
Meaning
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- (feminine) beauty (the condition of being beautiful)
- (feminine) beauty (a beautiful thing or person)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
be‧le‧za
Pronounced as (IPA)
/beˈle.zɐ/
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan belleza or Italian bellezza, both from Vulgar Latin *bellitia, a noun based on Latin bellus (“pretty”). By surface analysis, belo + -eza. Compare Spanish belleza and Catalan bellesa.
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