sentencioso
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin sententiōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sẽ.tẽ.siˈo.zu/ [sẽ.tẽ.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /sẽ.tẽˈsjo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sẽ.tẽ.siˈo.zo/ [sẽ.tẽ.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /sẽ.tẽˈsjo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sẽ.tẽˈsjo.zu/
- Hyphenation: sen‧ten‧ci‧o‧so
Adjective
sentencioso (feminine sentenciosa, masculine plural sentenciosos, feminine plural sentenciosas, metaphonic)
- sententious (tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralising)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “sentencioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin sententiōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sentenˈθjoso/ [sẽn̪.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjo.so] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /sentenˈsjoso/ [sẽn̪.t̪ẽnˈsjo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: sen‧ten‧cio‧so
Adjective
sentencioso (feminine sentenciosa, masculine plural sentenciosos, feminine plural sentenciosas)
- sententious (tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralising)
- pithy
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “sentencioso”, 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