portentoso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin portentōsus, from portentus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /por.tenˈto.zo/
  • Rhymes: -ozo
  • Hyphenation: por‧ten‧tó‧so

Adjective

portentoso (feminine portentosa, masculine plural portentosi, feminine plural portentose)

  1. prodigious, wonderful, marvelous, portentous

Derived terms

Further reading

  • portentoso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin portentōsus, from portentus. By surface analysis, portento + -oso.

Adjective

portentoso (feminine portentosa, masculine plural portentosos, feminine plural portentosas, metaphonic)

  1. prodigious, wonderful, marvelous, portentous

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin portentōsus, from portentus. Synchronically analyzable as portento + -oso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /poɾtenˈtoso/ [poɾ.t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪o.so]
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: por‧ten‧to‧so

Adjective

portentoso (feminine portentosa, masculine plural portentosos, feminine plural portentosas)

  1. prodigious, wonderful, marvelous, portentous

Derived terms

Further reading

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