gentileza
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒẽ.t͡ʃiˈle.zɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒẽ.t͡ʃiˈle.za/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒẽ.tiˈle.zɐ/
- Hyphenation: gen‧ti‧le‧za
Noun
gentileza f (plural gentilezas)
- kindness (being kind)
- Synonym: amabilidade
Further reading
- “gentileza”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “gentileza”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Alternative forms
- gentiliza (nonstandard)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xentiˈleθa/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈle.θa] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /xentiˈlesa/ [xẽn̪.t̪iˈle.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eθa (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: gen‧ti‧le‧za
Noun
gentileza f (plural gentilezas)
- kindness
- Synonym: amabilidad
- courtesy
- Synonym: cortesía
Further reading
- “gentileza”, 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