venturoso
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Attested since the 16th century. From ventura + -oso (“fortune”)
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Adjective edit
venturoso (feminine venturosa, masculine plural venturosos, feminine plural venturosas)
- fortunate, lucky
- 1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:
- benturossa foi a cassa
que tal carne coziñou
pois que non se enpezoñou- fortunate was the home
that such meat cooked
if it didn't get poisoned
- fortunate was the home
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
From ventura (“luck, fortune”) + -oso (“-ous”).
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Adjective edit
venturoso (feminine venturosa, masculine plural venturosi, feminine plural venturose)
- (poetic) fortunate, lucky
- Synonyms: (archaic) avventurato, (literary) avventuroso, fortunato
- Antonyms: (regional) iellato, (colloquial) scalognato, (colloquial) sfigato, sfortunato, sventurato
- 1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “I. All'Italia [1. To Italy]”, in Canti[1], Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 5, lines 61–67:
- Oh venturose e care e benedette
l’antiche etá, che a morte
per la patria correan le genti a squadre- Oh fortunate, and blessed, and dear the ancient days, when our people rushed to die in ranks for their homeland
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Further reading edit
- venturoso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: ven‧tu‧ro‧so
Adjective edit
venturoso (feminine venturosa, masculine plural venturosos, feminine plural venturosas, metaphonic)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
venturoso (feminine venturosa, masculine plural venturosos, feminine plural venturosas)
Further reading edit
- “venturoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014