tenebroso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebra (darkness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /te.neˈbro.zo/, (traditional) /te.neˈbro.so/
  • Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
  • Hyphenation: te‧ne‧bró‧so

Adjective

tenebroso (feminine tenebrosa, masculine plural tenebrosi, feminine plural tenebrose)

  1. dark, gloomy, creepy, anxiety-inducing
  2. mysterious

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

tenebrōsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tenebrōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebrae (darkness). Doublet of trevoso.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /te.neˈbɾo.zu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /te.neˈbɾo.zo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨ.nɨˈbɾo.zu/ [tɨ.nɨˈβɾo.zu]

  • Rhymes: -ozu
  • Hyphenation: te‧ne‧bro‧so

Adjective

tenebroso (feminine tenebrosa, masculine plural tenebrosos, feminine plural tenebrosas, metaphonic)

  1. dark, gloomy
    Synonym: trevoso
  2. frightful
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:amedrontador
  3. tenebrous

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebra (darkness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teneˈbɾoso/ [t̪e.neˈβ̞ɾo.so]
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: te‧ne‧bro‧so

Adjective

tenebroso (feminine tenebrosa, masculine plural tenebrosos, feminine plural tenebrosas)

  1. gloomy, dark
    Synonym: sombrío

Derived terms

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