moroso
Galician
Adjective
moroso (feminine morosa, masculine plural morosos, feminine plural morosas)
- defaulting, delinquent (late or failing to pay a debt)
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)
- defaulting, in arrears
Etymology 2
Clipping of amoroso.
Noun
moroso m (plural morosi, feminine morosa)
- (regional) boyfriend, lover, sweetheart
- Synonyms: innamorato, ragazzo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /moːˈroː.soː/, [moːˈroːs̠oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /moˈro.so/, [moˈrɔːs̬o]
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /moˈɾo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /moˈɾo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /muˈɾo.zu/
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: mo‧ro‧so
Adjective
moroso (feminine morosa, masculine plural morosos, feminine plural morosas, metaphonic)
- slow, sluggish (having little motion)
- time-consuming
Derived terms
Further reading
- “moroso” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “moroso” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “moroso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “moroso” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “moroso” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “moroso” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈɾoso/ [moˈɾo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: mo‧ro‧so
Adjective
moroso (feminine morosa, masculine plural morosos, feminine plural morosas)
- defaulting, delinquent (late or failing to pay a debt)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “moroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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