formosura

Portuguese

Etymology

From formoso +‎ -ura, like Spanish hermosura.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁ.moˈzu.ɾɐ/ [foɦ.moˈzu.ɾɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /foɾ.moˈzu.ɾɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /foʁ.moˈzu.ɾɐ/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /foɻ.moˈzu.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁ.moˈzu.ɾa/ [foɦ.moˈzu.ɾa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾ.muˈzu.ɾɐ/

Hyphenation: for‧mo‧su‧ra

Noun

formosura f (plural formosuras)

(obsolete) beauty
Synonyms: beleza, boniteza

Further reading

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