grosso

See also: Grosso

Galician

Adjective

grosso m (feminine singular grossa, masculine plural grossos, feminine plural grossas)

1. reintegrationist spelling of groso

References

• “grosso” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin grossus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɔs.so/
• Rhymes: -ɔsso
• Hyphenation: gròs‧so

Adjective

grosso (feminine grossa, masculine plural grossi, feminine plural grosse, superlative grossissimo, diminutive grossétto, augmentative grossóne)

1. big, large
2. fat

   Carlo il Grosso ― Charles the Fat

3. thick
4. heavy

   Synonym: massiccio

5. rough (of the sea)

Derived terms

• grossamente
• ingrossare
• sgrossare

Noun

grosso m (plural grossi)

1. the main part of something
2. (numismatics) groschen

Further reading

• grosso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• grosso on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡros.soː/, [ˈɡrɔs̠ːoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡros.so/, [ˈɡrɔsːo]

Adjective

grossō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of grossus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese grosso, from Latin grossus, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷres-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾo.su/

• Hyphenation: gros‧so

Adjective

grosso (feminine grossa, masculine plural grossos, feminine plural grossas, comparable, comparative mais grosso, superlative o mais grosso or grossíssimo, metaphonic)

1. dense; thick (relatively great in extent from one surface to another)
2. viscous; thick (having consistency between solid and liquid)
3. crude; unrefined (of low quality)
4. (of a person) rude; uncouth; uncivil (without manners)
5. (of texture) rough (not plain; with friction)
6. (of sound) deep (low in pitch)
7. obscene; distasteful; vulgar (offensive to morality)
8. (slang) aboundant (in high quantity)

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: grós
• → Ambonese Malay: garos