caprichoso
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio (“whim, fancy, caprice, quirk”). By surface analysis, capricho (“caprice, fancy”) + -oso.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ca‧pri‧cho‧so
Adjective edit
caprichoso (feminine caprichosa, masculine plural caprichosos, feminine plural caprichosas, metaphonic)
- capricious (impulsive and unpredictable)
- who makes things with care
- who keeps things tidy
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio (“whim, fancy, caprice, quirk”). By surface analysis, capricho (“caprice, fancy”) + -oso.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
caprichoso (feminine caprichosa, masculine plural caprichosos, feminine plural caprichosas)
- whimsical, capricious, wayward
- Synonym: antojadizo
Further reading edit
- “caprichoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014