criterioso

Portuguese

Etymology

From critério +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾi.te.ɾiˈo.zu/ [kɾi.te.ɾɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /kɾi.teˈɾjo.zu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kɾi.te.ɾiˈo.zo/ [kɾi.te.ɾɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /kɾi.teˈɾjo.zo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɾi.tɨˈɾjo.zu/

  • Hyphenation: cri‧te‧ri‧o‧so

Adjective

criterioso (feminine criteriosa, masculine plural criteriosos, feminine plural criteriosas, metaphonic)

  1. judicious, honest
    • 2009, “Cachaça do Corinthians chega para comemorar centenário do clube”, in Folha de S.Paulo‎[1]:
      A fabricação da cachaça passa por um criterioso processo produtivo, desde a seleção da cana-de-açúcar até a destilação, feita em alambiques de cobre.
      Cachaça manufacturing undergoes a judicious production process, from the selection of sugar cane to its distillation, performed in copper alembics.
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