justeza

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from justo +‎ -eza, or possibly from Latin iūstitia. Compare Spanish justeza, Galician and Asturian xusteza, Catalan and Occitan justesa, French justesse, Italian giustezza, Friulian justece. See also justiça, possibly a doublet.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒusˈte.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒusˈte.zɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʒuʃˈte.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒusˈte.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuʃˈte.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: jus‧te‧za

Noun

justeza f (plural justezas)

1. justice
2. accuracy

Related terms

• justo
• justiça

Further reading

• “justeza” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

From justo +‎ -eza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /xusˈteθa/ [xusˈt̪e.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /xusˈtesa/ [xusˈt̪e.sa]
• Rhymes: -eθa
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: jus‧te‧za

Noun

justeza f (plural justezas)

1. justness; fairness

   Synonym: justedad

Further reading

• “justeza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28