aspereza

Galician

Etymology

From áspero (“rough”) +‎ -eza.

Noun

aspereza f (plural asperezas)

1. roughness

   Synonym: asperidade

   Antonym: suavidade

Portuguese

Etymology

From áspero (“rough”) +‎ -eza.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /as.peˈɾe.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /as.peˈɾe.zɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʃ.peˈɾe.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /as.peˈɾe.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐʃ.pɨˈɾe.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: as‧pe‧re‧za

Noun

aspereza f (plural asperezas)

1. roughness (the quality of being rough, not smooth)

   Synonym: asperidade

   Antonyms: macieza, suavidade

2. the quality of being indelicate, rude
3. the quality of being rough-sounding, strident

   Synonym: estridência

Further reading

• “aspereza”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aspereza”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From áspero (“rough”) +‎ -eza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aspeˈɾeθa/ [as.peˈɾe.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aspeˈɾesa/ [as.peˈɾe.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: as‧pe‧re‧za

Noun

aspereza f (plural asperezas)

1. asperity

   Synonym: asperidad

2. roughness, harshness, coarseness

   Synonyms: rugosidad, rispidez

   Antonym: suavidad

Further reading

• “aspereza”, 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