pedroso

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin petrōsus. Doublet of petroso. By surface analysis, pedra +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ozu
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈdɾo.zu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈdɾo.zo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈdɾo.zu/ [pɨˈðɾo.zu]

  • Hyphenation: pe‧dro‧so

Adjective

pedroso (feminine pedrosa, masculine plural pedrosos, feminine plural pedrosas, metaphonic)

  1. stony, rocky
    Synonyms: petroso, pétreo

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin petrōsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈdɾoso/ [peˈð̞ɾo.so]
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: pe‧dro‧so

Adjective

pedroso (feminine pedrosa, masculine plural pedrosos, feminine plural pedrosas)

  1. (rare) stony; rocky
    Synonym: rocoso

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.