moroso

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin morōsus, from mora.

Adjective

moroso (feminine morosa, masculine plural morosos, feminine plural morosas)

  1. defaulting, delinquent (late or failing to pay a debt)

Noun

moroso m (plural morosos, feminine morosa, feminine plural morosas)

  1. defaulter

Derived terms

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈro.zo/
  • Rhymes: -ozo
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ró‧so

Etymology 1

From Late Latin morōsus.

Adjective

moroso (feminine morosa, masculine plural morosi, feminine plural morose)

  1. defaulting, in arrears

Noun

moroso m (plural morosi, feminine morosa)

  1. defaulter

Etymology 2

Clipping of amoroso.

Noun

moroso m (plural morosi, feminine morosa)

  1. (regional) boyfriend, lover, sweetheart
    Synonyms: innamorato, ragazzo

Further reading

  • moroso in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • moroso in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • moroso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

mōrōsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mōrōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin morōsus, from mora.

Pronunciation

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

  • Rhymes: -ozu
  • Hyphenation: mo‧ro‧so

Adjective

moroso (feminine morosa, masculine plural morosos, feminine plural morosas, metaphonic)

  1. slow, sluggish (having little motion)
    Synonyms: lento, vagaroso
  2. time-consuming

Derived terms

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin morōsus, from mora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈɾoso/ [moˈɾo.so]
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: mo‧ro‧so

Adjective

moroso (feminine morosa, masculine plural morosos, feminine plural morosas)

  1. defaulting, delinquent (late or failing to pay a debt)

Noun

moroso m (plural morosos, feminine morosa, feminine plural morosas)

  1. defaulter

Derived terms

Further reading

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