fogoso

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ozu

Adjective

fogoso (feminine fogosa, masculine plural fogosos, feminine plural fogosas, metaphonic)

1. enthusiastic
2. salacious (promoting sexual desire or lust)
3. hot-headed

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Spanish

Etymology

Calque of French fougueux, from fuego (“fire”) +‎ -oso. The occurrence of fuego is an error; the original term is derived from French fougue (“enthusiasm”), from Italian foga, from Latin fuga (“escape, flight, avoidance”), cognate with English fugue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈɡoso/ [foˈɣ̞o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: fo‧go‧so

Adjective

fogoso (feminine fogosa, masculine plural fogosos, feminine plural fogosas)

1. ardent, especially sexually

Derived terms

• fogosamente
• fogosidad

Further reading

• “fogoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014