-eza

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eza"

Asturian

Etymology

From Old Leonese -eza, from Latin -itia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeθa/ [ˈe.θa]
• Rhymes: -eθa
• Syllabification: -e‧za

Suffix

-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 ...”)

   Synonyms: -ura, -dá, -icia, -ez

Derived terms

Asturian terms suffixed with -eza

braveza

firmeza

humaneza

informaleza

maliñeza

naturaleza

probeza

pureza

sutileza

xusteza

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -iader.

Latin -itia

Old Galician-Portuguese -eza

Galician -eza

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈeθɐ], (western) [ˈesɐ]

Suffix

-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”)

Derived terms

Galician terms suffixed with -eza

absurdeza

aspereza

braveza

careza

destreza

escaseza

largueza

realeza

riqueza

sutileza

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈe.zɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈe.zɐ/

• Homophone: -esa

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -iader.

Latin -itia

Old Galician-Portuguese -eza

Portuguese -eza

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

Suffix

-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”)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -eza

agudeza

alerteza

alteza

ambidestreza

aspereza

baixeza

beleza

boniteza

braveza

certeza

correnteza

crueza

delicadeza

destreza

esquiveza

estranheza

estreiteza

fineza

firmeza

franqueza

gentileza

justeza

lhaneza

ligeireza

limpeza

lindeza

magreza

miudeza

moleza

pequeneza

planeza

pobreza

realeza

redondeza

riqueza

rudeza

safadeza

subtileza

sutileza

tristeza

vileza

Related terms

• -ícia, -ice, -ície

Etymology 2

Suffix

-eza f

1. archaic spelling of -esa

Further reading

• “-eza”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “-eza”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -iader.

Latin -itia

Spanish -eza

Inherited from Latin -itia.

Suffix

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

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

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

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -eza

agudeza

alteza

altiveza

aspereza

bajeza

belleza

braveza

certeza

crudeza

delicadeza

destreza

entereza

estrecheza

extrañeza

feeza

fiereza

fijeza

fineza

firmeza

flaqueza

gentileza

grandeza

guapeza

indelicadeza

justeza

largueza

ligereza

limpieza

lindeza

listeza

molleza

naturaleza

nobleza

pobreza

presteza

pureza

rareza

realeza

riqueza

robusteza

rudeza

simpleza

sutileza

terneza

tibieza

torpeza

tristeza

vileza

viveza

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

1. mid vowel variant of -iza