alteza

From Old Galician-Portuguese alteza, perhaps corresponding to a Late Latin altitia, from Latin altus. By surface analysis, alto +‎ -eza.

• Hyphenation: al‧te‧za

alteza f (plural altezas)

1. highness (all senses)
2. altitude, elevation

• alto

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

From alto (“high”) +‎ -eza, perhaps corresponding to a Late Latin altitia, from Latin altus. Compare Portuguese alteza, Catalan altesa, Italian altezza.

• IPA^(key): /alˈteθa/ [al̪ˈt̪e.θa] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /alˈtesa/ [al̪ˈt̪e.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθa (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: al‧te‧za

alteza f (plural altezas)

1. highness (the state of being high)

   Synonym: altura

2. height, stature

   Synonym: altura

3. Highness

• “alteza”, 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