fogoso

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ozu

Adjective

fogoso m (feminine singular fogosa, masculine plural fogosos, feminine plural fogosas, comparable)

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

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French fougueux, from fougue + -eux, from Italian foga, from Latin fuga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈɡoso/, [foˈɣoso]

Adjective

fogoso (feminine singular 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.