generoso

See also: Generoso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin generōsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.neˈro.zo/, (traditional) /d͡ʒe.neˈro.so/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧ró‧so

Adjective

generoso (feminine generosa, masculine plural generosi, feminine plural generose, superlative generosissimo)

  1. generous
  2. liberal, prodigal
  3. rich, fertile (soil)

Derived terms

References

  1. generoso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Adjective

generōsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of generōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin generōsus.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒe.neˈɾo.zu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒe.neˈɾo.zo/

  • Rhymes: -ozu
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧ro‧so

Adjective

generoso (feminine generosa, masculine plural generosos, feminine plural generosas, metaphonic)

  1. generous (willing to give and share unsparingly)
    Synonyms: dadivoso, mão-aberta
  2. (obsolete) generous (of noble birth)
    Synonym: nobre

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:generoso.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin generōsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xeneˈɾoso/ [xe.neˈɾo.so]
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: ge‧ne‧ro‧so

Adjective

generoso (feminine generosa, masculine plural generosos, feminine plural generosas)

  1. generous

Further reading

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