tristeza

Borrowed from Portuguese tristeza (“sadness”), referring to the devastation it caused in South America in the 1930s.

tristeza (uncountable)

1. A damaging viral disease of citrus plants, caused by Closterovirus.

From Old Portuguese tristeza, from Latin trīstitia (“sadness”).

tristeza f (uncountable)

1. sadness
2. melancholy

• triste
• tristeiro

• tristêza (superseded)

From Old Portuguese tristeza, from Latin trīstitia (“sadness”), from trīstis (“sad”), from Proto-Indo-European *tréystis (“in a bad mood”).

• Hyphenation: tris‧te‧za

tristeza f (plural tristezas)

1. (uncountable) sadness (state or emotion of being sad)

   Antonyms: alegria, contentamento, felicidade, júbilo, prazer, regozijo, satisfação

   • 1958, “A Felicidade”, performed by Antônio Carlos Jobim:

     Tristeza não tem fim / Felicidade, sim

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   Synonyms: abatimento, depressão, desânimo, melancolia

2. sadness (event causing sadness)

   Synonyms: aborrecimento, desgosto, entristecimento, mágoa

3. tristeza (plant disease)

From triste +‎ -eza or from Latin trīstitia (“sadness”).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /tɾisˈteθa/ [t̪ɾisˈt̪e.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /tɾisˈtesa/ [t̪ɾisˈt̪e.sa]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -eθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -esa
• Syllabification: tris‧te‧za

tristeza f (plural tristezas)

1. sadness, gloom, sorrow, gloominess, unhappiness, misery
2. tristeza (plant disease)

• triste (adjective)

• “tristeza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014