engenhoso

Portuguese

Etymology

Possibly a semi-learned borrowing from Latin ingeniōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒẽˈɲo.zu/ [ẽ.ʒẽˈj̃o.zu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒẽˈɲo.zu/ [ĩ.ʒẽˈj̃o.zu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒẽˈɲo.zu/ [ẽ.ʒẽˈj̃o.zu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒẽˈɲo.zu/ [ĩ.ʒẽˈj̃o.zu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒeˈɲo.zo/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒeˈɲo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʒɨˈɲo.zu/

• Hyphenation: en‧ge‧nho‧so

Adjective

engenhoso (feminine engenhosa, masculine plural engenhosos, feminine plural engenhosas, comparable, comparative mais engenhoso, superlative o mais engenhoso or engenhosíssimo, metaphonic)

1. ingenious (displaying genius or brilliance)
2. ingenious (tending to invent)

Derived terms

• engenhosamente
• engenhosidade

Related terms

• engenho

Further reading

• “engenhoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025