espantoso

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese espantoso (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): diachronically espanto +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [espanˈtosʊ]

Adjective

espantoso (feminine espantosa, masculine plural espantosos, feminine plural espantosas)

  1. dreadful
  2. terrifying

References
  • “espantoso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “espantoso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “espantoso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “espantoso” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “espantoso” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From espanto (“amazement”) +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pɐ̃ˈto.zu/, /es.pɐ̃ˈto.zu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.pɐ̃ˈto.zu/, /eʃ.pɐ̃ˈto.zu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.pɐ̃ˈto.zo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐ̃ˈto.zu/

  • Hyphenation: es‧pan‧to‧so

Adjective

espantoso (feminine espantosa, masculine plural espantosos, feminine plural espantosas, metaphonic)

  1. amazing
    Synonym: incrível

Spanish

Etymology

From espanto (“fright”) +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /espanˈtoso/ [es.pãn̪ˈt̪o.so]
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: es‧pan‧to‧so

Adjective

espantoso (feminine espantosa, masculine plural espantosos, feminine plural espantosas)

  1. ghastly, gruesome, dreadful, awful, godawful, horrific, horrendous, horrible, terrible
    Synonyms: horrible, horripilante, horroroso, horrendo, terrible
  2. frightful, frightening, scary, fearful, terrifying, shocking
    Synonyms: aterrador, terrorífico
  3. hideous, appalling, atrocious, horrid
    Synonym: atroz

Further reading
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