estética

See also: estetica and estètica

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• esthetica (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós, “of sense perception”), from αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “to feel”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewisd-, from *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/, /esˈtɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/, /esˈtɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/, /eʃˈtɛ.t͡ʃi.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈtɛ.t͡ʃi.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɛ.ti.kɐ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɪʃ.ˈtɛ.ti.kɐ/
• Hyphenation: es‧té‧ti‧ca

Noun

estética f (plural estéticas)

1. aesthetic (the study of art or beauty)

Adjective

estética

1. feminine singular of estético

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αἰσθητικός (aisthētikós, “of sense perception”), from αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai, “to feel”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewisd-, from *h₂ew- (“to see, perceive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtetika/ [esˈt̪e.t̪i.ka]
• Rhymes: -etika
• Syllabification: es‧té‧ti‧ca

Noun

estética f (plural estéticas)

1. aesthetic
2. (philosophy) aesthetics
3. (Mexico) hair salon, beauty parlor

   Synonym: peluquería

Adjective

estética f sg

1. feminine singular of estético

Further reading

• “estético”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014