oficioso
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin officiōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.fi.siˈo.zu/ [o.fi.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /o.fiˈsjo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.fi.siˈo.zo/ [o.fi.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /o.fiˈsjo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.fiˈsjo.zu/
Adjective
oficioso (feminine oficiosa, masculine plural oficiosos, feminine plural oficiosas, metaphonic)
Derived terms
Related terms
- oficiosidade
Further reading
- “oficioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin officiōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ofiˈθjoso/ [o.fiˈθjo.so] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ofiˈsjoso/ [o.fiˈsjo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: o‧fi‧cio‧so
Adjective
oficioso (feminine oficiosa, masculine plural oficiosos, feminine plural oficiosas)
- officious
- unofficial
- Antonym: oficial
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “oficioso”, 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