-eza

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈeθɐ], (western) [ˈesɐ]

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

1. -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”)

• Homophone: -esa

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

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

1. -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”)

• -ícia, -ice, -ície

-eza f

1. archaic spelling of -esa

Inherited from Latin -itia.

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

1. attached to adjectives to form abstract nouns of that quality

   ‎grande (“grand, great”) + ‎-eza → ‎grandeza (“grandeur”)

• “-eza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

-eza

1. mid vowel variant of -iza