areoso

Attested since 1409. From Latin arenosus: synchronically area (“sand”) +‎ -oso. Compare Portuguese areoso, Spanish arenoso.

• IPA^(key): [aɾeˈosʊ]

areoso (feminine areosa, masculine plural areosos, feminine plural areosas)

1. sandy

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “areoso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “areoso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “areoso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “areoso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• Hyphenation: a‧re‧o‧so

areoso (feminine areosa, masculine plural areosos, feminine plural areosas, metaphonic)

1. sandy (like sand)