tristeza

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

tristeza (uncountable)

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

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tristeza, from Latin trīstitia.

• Hyphenation: tris‧te‧za

tristeza f (plural tristezas)

1. sadness
2. melancholy

   Synonym: melancolía

• “tristeza”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “tristeza” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

• tristêza (superseded)

From Old Galician-Portuguese tristeza, from Latin trīstitia. By surface analysis, triste +‎ -eza.

• Hyphenation: tris‧te‧za

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

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2. sadness (event causing sadness)

   Synonyms: aborrecimento, desgosto, entristecimento, mágoa

3. tristeza (plant disease)

• “tristeza” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “tristeza”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “tristeza”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /tɾisˈteθa/ [t̪ɾisˈt̪e.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /tɾisˈtesa/ [t̪ɾisˈt̪e.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: tris‧te‧za

tristeza f (plural tristezas)

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

• “tristeza”, 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