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-eza

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See also: eza, eža, -êza, and ežā

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -eza, from Latin -itia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈeθɐ], (western) [ˈesɐ]

Suffix

-eza f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ezas)

-ness; -ity (appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning “the state of ...”, “the quality of ...”, or “the measure of ...”)
Synonym: -ura

‎triste (“sad”) + ‎-eza → ‎tristeza (“sadness”)

Derived terms

Galician terms suffixed with -eza

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈe.zɐ/

Homophone: -esa

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese -eza, from Latin -itia.

Suffix

-eza f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -ezas)

-ness; -ity (appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning “the state of ...”, “the quality of ...”, or “the measure of ...”)
Synonyms: -ez, -idade, -idão

‎belo (“beautiful”) + ‎-eza → ‎beleza (“beauty”)

Derived terms

Related terms

-ícia, -ice, -ície

Etymology 2

Suffix

-eza f

archaic spelling of -esa

Further reading

“-eza”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
“-eza”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -itia.

Suffix

-eza f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ezas)

attached to adjectives to form abstract nouns of that quality
‎grande (“grand, great”) + ‎-eza → ‎grandeza (“grandeur”)

Derived terms

Related terms

-ez

Further reading

“-eza”, 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

Swahili

Suffix

-eza

mid vowel variant of -iza

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