venturoso

Italian

Etymology

From ventura (luck, fortune) + -oso (-ous).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ven.tuˈro.zo/
  • Rhymes: -ozo
  • Syllabification: ven‧tu‧ró‧so

Adjective

venturoso (feminine venturosa, masculine plural venturosi, feminine plural venturose)

  1. (poetic) fortunate, lucky
    Synonyms: (archaic) avventurato, (literary) avventuroso, fortunato
    Antonyms: (regional) iellato, (colloquial) scalognato, (colloquial) sfigato, sfortunato, sventurato
    • 1835, Giacomo Leopardi, “I. All'Italia [1. To Italy]”, in Canti, Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, lines 61–67, page 5:
      Oh venturose e care e benedette
      l’antiche etá, che a morte
      per la patria correan le genti a squadre
      Oh fortunate, and blessed, and dear the ancient days, when our people rushed to die in ranks for their homeland

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From ventura + -oso.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ozu
  • Hyphenation: ven‧tu‧ro‧so

Adjective

venturoso (feminine venturosa, masculine plural venturosos, feminine plural venturosas, metaphonic)

  1. fortunate, lucky

Spanish

Etymology

From ventura + -oso.

Adjective

venturoso (feminine venturosa, masculine plural venturosos, feminine plural venturosas)

  1. fortunate, lucky

Further reading

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