obsequioso
Latin
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- obzequioso (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin obsequiōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ob.ze.kiˈo.zu/ [ob.ze.kɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ob.zeˈkjo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ob.ze.kiˈo.zo/ [ob.ze.kɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /ob.zeˈkjo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.bzɨˈkjo.zu/ [ɔ.βzɨˈkjo.zu]
Adjective
obsequioso (feminine obsequiosa, masculine plural obsequiosos, feminine plural obsequiosas, metaphonic)
- obsequious; obedient (compliant with someone else’s orders)
- obsequious; fawning; subservient
- Synonym: submisso
- 1742, João de Barros, Chronica de Emperador Clarimundo, page 12:
- […] parecendo-me antes sacrîlego desacato, do que obzequioso tributo do meu affecto.
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Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin obsequiōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /obseˈkjoso/ [oβ̞.seˈkjo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: ob‧se‧quio‧so
Adjective
obsequioso (feminine obsequiosa, masculine plural obsequiosos, feminine plural obsequiosas)
Derived terms
- obsequiosamente
- obsequiosidad
Related terms
Further reading
- “obsequioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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