crueza

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-der.

Proto-Italic [Term?]

Latin crūdum

Old Galician-Portuguese cruu

Portuguese cru

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

Portuguese crueza

From cru + -eza.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɾuˈe.zɐ/, (faster) /ˈkɾwe.zɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾuˈe.zɐ/, (faster) /ˈkɾwe.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: cru‧e‧za

Noun

crueza f (plural cruezas)

1. rawness
2. cruelty

   Synonym: crueldade

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾweθa/ [ˈkɾwe.θa] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾwesa/ [ˈkɾwe.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -eθa (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
  • Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kɾuˈeθa/ [kɾuˈe.θa] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /kɾuˈesa/ [kɾuˈe.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -eθa (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
  • Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: crue‧za

Noun

crueza f (plural cruezas)

1. (obsolete) cruelty

   Synonym: crueldad

Further reading

• “crueza”, 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