proeza

• prodeza

Coromines and Pascual suspect that because Old Spanish pro was not an adjective (meaning 'brave', cf. Old French preu), the Old Spanish term was probably borrowed from Old French proece (> modern French prouesse), or alternatively from Old Occitan proeza or Old Catalan proeza. Ultimately derived from Late Latin prōde + Latin -itia. First attested in the Libro de Alexandre.

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈed͡za/

proeza f

1. prowess
   • c. 1240 – 1250, anonymous, Libro de Alexandre, (ed. by Jesús Cañas, 1988, Madrid: Cátedra, page 408):

     El rëy Alexandre, thesoro de proeza,
     arca de sapïençia, exemplo de nobleza

     King Alexander, a trove of prowess, an arch of wisdom, an example of nobility...

From Old Galician-Portuguese proeza, from Old French proece, proeche, proesce (compare modern French prouesse) or Old Occitan proeza.

• Hyphenation: pro‧e‧za

proeza f (plural proezas)

1. feat (heroic or extraordinary deed)

   Synonym: façanha

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

Inherited from Old Spanish proeza. Coromines and Pascual suspect that because Old Spanish pro was not an adjective (meaning 'brave', cf. Old French preu), the Old Spanish term was probably borrowed from Old French proece (> modern French prouesse), or alternatively from Old Occitan proeza or an Old Catalan proeza. Ultimately derived from Late Latin prōde + Latin -itia.

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈeθa/ [pɾoˈe.θa] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈesa/ [pɾoˈe.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eθa (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: pro‧e‧za

proeza f (plural proezas)

1. prowess (bravery or courage, especially in battle)
2. feat (heroic or extraordinary deed)

   Synonym: hazaña

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1985), “pro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 656
• “proeza”, 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