presteza

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish presto

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin -itia

Spanish -eza

Spanish presteza

From presto + -eza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾesˈteθa/ [pɾesˈt̪e.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pɾesˈtesa/ [pɾesˈt̪e.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: pres‧te‧za

Noun

presteza f (plural prestezas)

1. alacrity; promptness

Further reading

• “presteza”, 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