luz

Borrowed from Hebrew 'לוז'‎

luz

1. A small bone in the human spinal column, believed in Muslim and Jewish traditions to be the indestructible bone from which the body will be rebuilt at the time of resurrection.

luz f

1. light

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “luz”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

From Old Portuguese luz, from Latin lūcem, accusative of lūx, from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”).

• IPA^(key): [luθ]

luz f (plural luces)

1. light

From Old Portuguese luz, from Latin lūcem, accusative of lūx, from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Compare the borrowed doublet lux.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlu(j)s/
  • (Carioca) IPA^(key): /ˈlu(j)ʃ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈluʃ/

luz f (plural luzes)

1. light (medium within which vision is possible)
   • 1915, Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa), “É noite”:

     É noite. A noite é muito escura. Numa casa a uma grande distancia. Brilha a luz d'uma janella.

     It's night. The night is very dark. In a house a great distance away. The light from a window shines.

2. light; light source (object that emits light)
3. (figuratively) light; enlightenment (knowledge about things as they really are)
4. (colloquial) electricity

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:luz.

• à luz de
• dar à luz

• lúcido
• lucífero
• luzerna
• lúzio
• luzir

From Old Spanish luz, from Latin lūcem, accusative of lūx, from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Compare the borrowed doublet lux.

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈluθ/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈlus/

luz f (plural luces)

1. light
2. (anatomy) lumen
3. (figuratively, usually in the plural) brightness, intelligence

   Vas a llegar con menos luces.

   You're going to get there with less intellect.

4. (figuratively) focus, point of view, understanding

   Debes verlo bajo una nueva luz.

   You must see it from a new point of view.

5. (electricity) electric power

   Se fue la luz.

   There is a blackout (lit. "light, or power, went or is gone").

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