misterioso

Asturian

Adjective

misterioso

  1. neuter of misteriosu

Galician

Etymology

From misterio +‎ -oso.

Adjective

misterioso (feminine misteriosa, masculine plural misteriosos, feminine plural misteriosas)

  1. mysterious

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Italian

Etymology

From misterio +‎ -oso.

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)

  1. mysterious, secret, enigmatic, puzzling
    Synonyms: enigmatico, segreto

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mistério +‎ -oso.

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)

  1. 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 []

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Spanish

Etymology

From misterio +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /misteˈɾjoso/ [mis.t̪eˈɾjo.so]
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: mis‧te‧rio‧so

Adjective

misterioso (feminine misteriosa, masculine plural misteriosos, feminine plural misteriosas)

  1. mysterious
  2. mystery (e.g. mystery lover [in an affair], mystery man or woman [in a case or investigation])
  3. eerie (e.g. an eerie place, an eerie air or glow, eerie music)
  4. uncanny (e.g. uncanny knowledge or ability)

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