matiz

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish matiz.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈt͡ʃis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈt͡ʃis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maˈt͡ʃiʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈtiʃ/

Noun

matiz m (plural matizes)

1. hue (color or shade of color; tint; dye)
2. (by extension) nuance

   Synonyms: nuança, tom, tonalidade

Related terms

• matização
• matizado
• matizagem
• matizamento
• matizar

Further reading

• matiz on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “matiz”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “matiz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Back-formation from matizar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈtiθ/ [maˈt̪iθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /maˈtis/ [maˈt̪is] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -is (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ma‧tiz

Noun

matiz m (plural matices)

1. hue
   • 2006, Alvaro Puig (J.), Recetas con aceite de oliva, Imaginador (→ISBN)

     Su color es amarillo con matices verdes, y su aroma recuerda al pasto recién cortado.

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2. (also figurative) nuance, overtone
   • 2006, Ángeles Gervilla Castillo, El currículo de educación infantil: aspectos básicos, Narcea Ediciones, →ISBN, page 23:

     No obstante, han sido muchas las corrientes surgidas en este pequeño período de tiempo, todas ellas debido a concepciones de valor diferentes, con matices diferenciales distintos, según el campo filosófico y psicológico de procedencia.

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Descendants

• → Catalan: matís
• → Portuguese: matiz

Further reading

• “matiz”, 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

Turkish

Etymology

From Greek μέθυσος (méthysos).

Adjective

matiz

1. (slang) extremely drunk, drunkard
2. stoned

See also

• sarhoş
• körkütük