vileza

Portuguese

Etymology

From vil +‎ -eza.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈle.zɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈle.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈle.za/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈle.zɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈle.zɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈle.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: vi‧le‧za

Noun

vileza f (plural vilezas)

1. vileness

   Synonym: abjeção

Spanish

Etymology

From vil +‎ -eza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /biˈleθa/ [biˈle.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /biˈlesa/ [biˈle.sa]
• Rhymes: -eθa
• Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: vi‧le‧za

Noun

vileza f (plural vilezas)

1. vileness

   Synonym: abyección

   • 2015 July 5, “Un prestigio infundado y dañino”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Por no mencionar la vileza tuitera de cuatro ediles –cuatro– de Carmena en Madrid.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “vileza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28