hercúleo

See also: herculeo

Asturian

Adjective

hercúleo

  1. neuter of herculeu

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Herculeus.[1] Compare Catalan herculi and Italian erculeo. By surface analysis, Hércules +‎ -eo.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /eʁˈku.le.u/ [ehˈku.le.u]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /eɾˈku.le.u/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /eʁˈku.le.u/ [eχˈku.le.u]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /eɻˈku.le.o/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -uleu, (Portugal) -ulju
  • Hyphenation: her‧cú‧le‧o

Adjective

hercúleo (feminine hercúlea, masculine plural hercúleos, feminine plural hercúleas)

  1. of or pertaining to Hercules
  2. Herculean (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
  3. Herculean (requiring a huge amount of work)

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ “hercúleo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Adjective

hercúleo (feminine hercúlea, masculine plural hercúleos, feminine plural hercúleas)

  1. Herculean

Further reading

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