tristeza

See also: tristêza

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tristeza (“sadness”), referring to the devastation it caused in South America in the 1930s.

Noun

tristeza (uncountable)

1. A damaging viral disease of citrus plants, caused by Closterovirus.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tristeza, from Latin trīstitia.

Noun

tristeza f (uncountable)

1. sadness
2. melancholy

Related terms

• triste
• tristeiro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tristêza (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tristeza, from Latin trīstitia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾisˈte.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾisˈte.zɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾiʃˈte.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾisˈte.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾiʃˈte.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: tris‧te‧za

Noun

tristeza f (plural tristezas)

1. (uncountable) sadness (state or emotion of being sad)

   Synonyms: abatimento, depressão, desânimo, melancolia

   Antonyms: alegria, contentamento, felicidade, júbilo, prazer, regozijo, satisfação

   • 1958, “A Felicidade”, performed by Antônio Carlos Jobim:

     Tristeza não tem fim / Felicidade, sim

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. sadness (event causing sadness)

   Synonyms: aborrecimento, desgosto, entristecimento, mágoa

3. tristeza (plant disease)

Related terms

• entristecedor
• entristecente
• entristecer
• entristecidamente
• entristecido
• entristecimento
• triste
• tristonho

Spanish

Etymology

From triste +‎ -eza or from Latin trīstitia (“sadness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /tɾisˈteθa/ [t̪ɾisˈt̪e.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /tɾisˈtesa/ [t̪ɾisˈt̪e.sa]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -eθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: tris‧te‧za

Noun

tristeza f (plural tristezas)

1. sadness, gloom, sorrow, gloominess, unhappiness, misery
2. tristeza (plant disease)

Related terms

• triste (adjective)

 

Further reading

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