presuntuoso
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin praesumptuōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pre.zun.tuˈo.zo/, (traditional) /pre.zunˈtwo.so/, (traditional) /pre.sunˈtwo.so/[1]
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: pre‧sun‧tu‧ó‧so, (traditional) pre‧sun‧tuó‧so
Adjective
presuntuoso (feminine presuntuosa, masculine plural presuntuosi, feminine plural presuntuose)
Noun
presuntuoso m (plural presuntuosi, feminine presuntuosa)
- presumptuous, conceited or self-important person
Derived terms
References
- ^ presuntuoso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praesumptuōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾesunˈtwoso/ [pɾe.sũn̪ˈt̪wo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: pre‧sun‧tuo‧so
Adjective
presuntuoso (feminine presuntuosa, masculine plural presuntuosos, feminine plural presuntuosas)
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- Synonym: pretencioso
- bumptious
- impertinent
- Synonym: impertinente
Derived terms
Further reading
- “presuntuoso”, 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