actriz

Asturian

Noun

actriz f (plural actrices)

1. actress, actor (female)

Related terms

• actor

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atˈtɾiθ/

Noun

actriz f (plural actrices)

1. actress, actor (female)

Related terms

• actor

Portuguese

Noun

actriz f (plural actrizes)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of atriz; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Further reading

• “actriz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin āctrīcem (“female plaintiff”), feminine of āctor (“doer, performer, actor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡˈtɾiθ/ [aɣ̞ˈt̪ɾiθ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aɡˈtɾis/ [aɣ̞ˈt̪ɾis] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -iθ (Spain)
• Rhymes: -is (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ac‧triz

Noun

actriz f (plural actrices, masculine actor, masculine plural actores)

1. actress, actor (female)

Derived terms

• actriz de doblaje
• actriz de voz
• actriz porno

Related terms

• actor
• actuar

Further reading

• “actor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025