misterioso
Asturian
Adjective
misterioso
- neuter of misteriosu
Galician
Etymology
Adjective
misterioso (feminine misteriosa, masculine plural misteriosos, feminine plural misteriosas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “misterioso”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mis.teˈrjo.zo/, (traditional) /mis.teˈrjo.so/
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: mi‧ste‧rió‧so
Adjective
misterioso (feminine misteriosa, masculine plural misteriosi, feminine plural misteriose)
- mysterious, secret, enigmatic, puzzling
- Synonyms: enigmatico, segreto
Derived terms
Related terms
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- mysterioso (pre-standardization spelling)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mis.te.ɾiˈo.zu/ [mis.te.ɾɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /mis.teˈɾjo.zu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /miʃ.te.ɾiˈo.zu/ [miʃ.te.ɾɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /miʃ.teˈɾjo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mis.te.ɾiˈo.zo/ [mis.te.ɾɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /mis.teˈɾjo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /miʃ.tɨˈɾjo.zu/
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: mis‧te‧ri‧o‧so
Adjective
misterioso (feminine misteriosa, masculine plural misteriosos, feminine plural misteriosas, metaphonic)
- mysterious
- 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A morte de Bertha [Bertha’s death]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies][1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 224:
- O jardim era, pois, para a nossa Bertha um mundo riquissimo, um mundo mysterioso, onde a vida palpitava, no insecto, na planta, no musgo, na ave […]
- The garden was, thus, for our Bertha a most rich world, a mysterious world, where live blossomed, in the bugs, in the plants, in the moss, in the birds […]
Derived terms
Further reading
- “misterioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /misteˈɾjoso/ [mis.t̪eˈɾjo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: mis‧te‧rio‧so
Adjective
misterioso (feminine misteriosa, masculine plural misteriosos, feminine plural misteriosas)
- mysterious
- mystery (e.g. mystery lover [in an affair], mystery man or woman [in a case or investigation])
- eerie (e.g. an eerie place, an eerie air or glow, eerie music)
- uncanny (e.g. uncanny knowledge or ability)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “misterioso”, 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