beleza

Galician

Etymology

Compare Portuguese beleza, Spanish belleza.

Noun

beleza f (plural belezas)

1. beauty (property of being attractive, pleasing, fine, or good-looking)
2. beauty (someone who is beautiful)
3. beauty (something that is particularly good or pleasing)

Synonyms

• (property): beldade, fermosura

Antonyms

• (property): fealdade

Related terms

• belo

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Portuguese

Etymology

From belo +‎ -eza, possibly from Vulgar Latin *bellitia, from Latin bellus. May have come to Portuguese through the intermediate of Italian bellezza, or Old Occitan belleza. Compare Spanish belleza, Occitan belesa, and Occitan bellesa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɨ.ˈle.zɐ/
• IPA^(key): /be.ˈle.zɐ/
• Hyphenation: be‧le‧za

Noun

beleza f (plural belezas)

1. beauty (the condition of being beautiful)

   Synonyms: boniteza, lindeza

   • 1962, “Garota de Ipanema”, Vinicius de Moraes (lyrics), Antônio Carlos Jobim (music):

     ah, a beleza que existe / a beleza que não é só minha / que também passa sozinha

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. beauty (a beautiful thing or person)

   Synonyms: beldade, lindo, lindeza

Derived terms

• belezão
• belezinha
• cansar a beleza
• ser uma beleza

Related terms

• beldade
• belo

Interjection

beleza

1. (Brazil, informal) what's up? (informal greeting)
2. (Brazil, informal) all right; okay (used either as a question or answer/agreement)
3. (Brazil, informal) a response to the greeting “Beleza?”

Alternative forms

• belê?, blz (Internet slang)

Further reading

• beleza on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt