untuoso

Italian

Etymology

From unto +‎ -uoso, or Late Latin unctuōsus, from Latin unctum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /un.tuˈo.zo/, (traditional) /un.tuˈo.so/, (traditional) /unˈtwo.so/
  • Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
  • Hyphenation: un‧tu‧ó‧so, (traditional) un‧tuó‧so

Adjective

untuoso (feminine untuosa, masculine plural untuosi, feminine plural untuose)

  1. greasy, oily, unctuous

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

From unto +‎ -uoso, or borrowed from Late Latin unctuōsus, from Latin unctum.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ũ.tuˈo.zu/ [ũ.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ũˈtwo.zu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ũ.tuˈo.zo/ [ũ.tʊˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /ũˈtwo.zo/

  • Rhymes: -ozu
  • Hyphenation: un‧tu‧o‧so

Adjective

untuoso (feminine untuosa, masculine plural untuosos, feminine plural untuosas, metaphonic)

  1. greasy, oily, unctuous
    Synonyms: gorduroso, oleoso

Spanish

Etymology

Attested 1555.[1] From unto +‎ -uoso, or borrowed from Late Latin unctuōsus, from Latin unctum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /unˈtwoso/ [ũn̪ˈt̪wo.so]
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: un‧tuo‧so

Adjective

untuoso (feminine untuosa, masculine plural untuosos, feminine plural untuosas)

  1. greasy, oily, unctuous
  2. sticky
  3. (derogatory) mellifluous, excessively kind and flattering

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “untuoso”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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