carnavalesco

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian carnevalesco By surface analysis, carnaval +‎ -esco.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.na.vaˈles.ku/ [kaɦ.na.vaˈles.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.na.vaˈles.ku/ [kaɦ.na.vaˈles.ku]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.na.vaˈles.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.na.vaˈleʃ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻ.na.vaˈles.ko/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.nɐ.vɐˈleʃ.ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.nɐ.vɐˈleʃ.ku/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.nɐ.bɐˈleʃ.ku/ [kɐɾ.nɐ.βɐˈleʃ.ku]

• Hyphenation: car‧na‧va‧les‧co

Adjective

carnavalesco (feminine carnavalesca, masculine plural carnavalescos, feminine plural carnavalescas)

1. (relational) carnival

Spanish

Etymology

From carnaval +‎ -esco.

Adjective

carnavalesco (feminine carnavalesca, masculine plural carnavalescos, feminine plural carnavalescas)

1. (relational) carnival

Further reading

• “carnavalesco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16