receloso
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reθeˈloso/ [re.θeˈlo.so] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /reseˈloso/ [re.seˈlo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: re‧ce‧lo‧so
Adjective
receloso (feminine recelosa, masculine plural recelosos, feminine plural recelosas)
- leery, wary
- distrustful, suspicious
- Synonyms: desconfiado, sospechoso
Related terms
Further reading
- “receloso”, 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