polvoroso

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish polvoroso.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pow.voˈɾo.zu/ [poʊ̯.voˈɾo.zu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pow.voˈɾo.zo/ [poʊ̯.voˈɾo.zo]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pol.vuˈɾo.zu/ [poɫ.vuˈɾo.zu], /pɔl.vuˈɾo.zu/ [pɔɫ.vuˈɾo.zu]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pol.buˈɾo.zu/ [poɫ.βuˈɾo.zu], /pɔl.buˈɾo.zu/ [pɔɫ.βuˈɾo.zu]

  • Hyphenation: pol‧vo‧ro‧so

Adjective

polvoroso (feminine polvorosa, masculine plural polvorosos, feminine plural polvorosas, metaphonic)

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References

  1. ^ “polvoroso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “polvoroso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From pólvora +‎ -oso.

Adjective

polvoroso (feminine polvorosa, masculine plural polvorosos, feminine plural polvorosas)

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    Synonym: polvoriento

Derived terms

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