belicoso
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin bellicōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /be.liˈko.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /be.liˈko.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨ.liˈko.zu/
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: be‧li‧co‧so
Adjective
belicoso (feminine belicosa, masculine plural belicosos, feminine plural belicosas, metaphonic)
Derived terms
- belicosamente
- belicosidade
Noun
belicoso m (plural belicosos, metaphonic)
- aggressive, combative, quarrelsome person
Further reading
- “belicoso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “belicoso”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “belicoso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “belicoso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “belicoso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “belicoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin bellicōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beliˈkoso/ [be.liˈko.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: be‧li‧co‧so
Adjective
belicoso (feminine belicosa, masculine plural belicosos, feminine plural belicosas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “belicoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024