pavoroso
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *pavōrōsum, derived from Latin pavōrem (“fear”, noun). By surface analysis, pavor + -oso.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: pa‧vo‧ro‧so
Adjective edit
pavoroso (feminine pavorosa, masculine plural pavorosos, feminine plural pavorosas, metaphonic)
- gruesome; dreadful
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:amedrontador
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *pavōrōsum, derived from Latin pavōrem (“fear”, noun). By surface analysis, pavor + -oso.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
pavoroso (feminine pavorosa, masculine plural pavorosos, feminine plural pavorosas)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pavoroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014