jocoso

jocōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of jocōsus

Borrowed from Latin iocōsus.

• Hyphenation: jo‧co‧so

jocoso (feminine jocosa, masculine plural jocosos, feminine plural jocosas, metaphonic)

1. (formal) jocular (having a humorous tone)

• “jocoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “jocoso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

From Latin iocōsus.

• IPA^(key): /xoˈkoso/ [xoˈko.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: jo‧co‧so

jocoso (feminine jocosa, masculine plural jocosos, feminine plural jocosas, superlative jocosísimo)

1. jocular
2. facetious, playful

• “jocoso”, 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