Beatriz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Beatriz.

Proper noun

Beatriz

  1. A female given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Beatrice or Beatrix.
    • 2018 June 15, Harmeet Kaur, “FYI: English isn’t the official language of the United States”, in CNN[1]:
      Dr. Beatriz Arias, a senior research scientist at the Center for Applied Linguistics, said Arizona’s law is discriminating against people based on the language they speak – and what language people speak is often an indicator of their race.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Beatriz, borrowed from Latin Beātrīcem, from viātrīx (wayfarer).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Beatriz f (plural Beatrizes)

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Beatrice or Beatrix

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Beatriz f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Beatrice