grotesco

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian grottesco.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾoˈtes.ku/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡɾoˈteʃ.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾoˈtes.ko/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾuˈteʃ.ku/

Hyphenation: gro‧tes‧co

Adjective

grotesco (feminine grotesca, masculine plural grotescos, feminine plural grotescas)

grotesque (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous)

Related terms

gruta

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian grottesco.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɾoˈtesko/ [ɡɾoˈt̪es.ko]
Rhymes: -esko
Syllabification: gro‧tes‧co

Adjective

grotesco (feminine grotesca, masculine plural grotescos, feminine plural grotescas)

grotesque

Further reading

“grotesco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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