fogoso

From fogo (“fire”) +‎ -oso (“-ous”).

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: fo‧go‧so

fogoso (feminine fogosa, masculine plural fogosos, feminine plural fogosas, metaphonic)

1. enthusiastic
2. salacious (promoting sexual desire or lust)
3. hot-headed

• fogosamente

Calque of French fougueux, from fuego (“fire”) +‎ -oso. The occurrence of fuego is an error; the original term is derived from French fougue (“enthusiasm”), from Italian foga, from Latin fuga (“escape, flight, avoidance”), cognate with English fugue.

• IPA^(key): /foˈɡoso/ [foˈɣ̞o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: fo‧go‧so

fogoso (feminine fogosa, masculine plural fogosos, feminine plural fogosas)

1. ardent (especially sexually)

   Synonym: ardiente

• “fogoso”, 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