What is considered beautiful produces pleasant sensations.
Before entering fully into the definition of the term beautiful , it is necessary to proceed to discover its etymological origin. In this case, we can state that it is a word that derives from Latin. Specifically, it comes from “bellus” which can be translated as “beautiful.”
The term is used to describe that which, due to its appearance, style or form, is pleasing to the ear, the eye or the spirit . For example: “This landscape is very beautiful: I could spend hours looking at it,” “What a beautiful child! “She has a charming smile,” “The soprano was applauded for her beautiful voice that moved the audience.”
The beautiful, something subjective
The beautiful is something that has beauty . In reality, to be more precise, things do not “have” beauty, but people attribute this quality to them based on an appreciation that is subjective. Beyond this subjectivity, generally at a social level there is a shared belief about what is beautiful and what is not.
In the Western world, an individual with harmonious features, blonde hair and light blue eyes is likely to be considered beautiful. Lists that magazines make about who are the most beautiful men in the world at that time are common. Lists in which the names of actors such as Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Brad Pitt or Ryan Gosling, for example, have appeared.
It is also often said that natural landscapes , such as the beach or mountains, are beautiful, and works of art that manage to move or surprise due to the talent of their creator.
Harmonious features and light eyes usually mean that, in the Western world, a man is considered beautiful.
Names of various towns and places
Bello , on the other hand, is the name of several places and the surname of various personalities . In the Colombian department of Antioquia , to cite one case, there is a municipality called Bello . More than 450,000 people live there. The Spanish province of Teruel also has a municipality called Bello , with just over 300 inhabitants. A town is located 93 kilometers from the capital and has several places of interest. We are referring to the Hermitage of the Trinity, the Church of Our Lady of the Nativity from the 16th century and the Gallocanta Lagoon, included within the nature reserve of the same name. A lagoon that is the largest in the entire Iberian Peninsula and that, together with Fuentedepiedra (Málaga), is the largest salt lagoon in the entire European continent.
In the same way, we must not forget that in Asturias there is also a parish that responds to the name of Bello. It belongs to the council of Aller, has about 295 inhabitants and is located about 4 kilometers from the capital of the aforementioned council, which is the town of Cabañaquinta.
In Medellín, there is also a metro station that responds to the name of Bello. Using it allows, among other things, access to the famous Parque Bello and the House Museum of the writer and politician Marco Fidel Suárez.
The surname Bello
Bello is also a common surname in several Latin American countries. In fact, several personalities share it.
The Venezuelan writer and politician Andrés Bello (1781-1865), the musician Frank Bello (1965) and the actress María Bello (1967) are some of the famous people who bear this surname.