grotesco

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian grottesco.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾoˈtes.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾoˈtes.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡɾoˈteʃ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾoˈtes.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾuˈteʃ.ku/

• Hyphenation: gro‧tes‧co

Adjective

grotesco (feminine grotesca, masculine plural grotescos, feminine plural grotescas)

1. grotesque (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous)

Related terms

• gruta

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian grottesco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾoˈtesko/ [ɡɾoˈt̪es.ko]
• Rhymes: -esko
• Syllabification: gro‧tes‧co

Adjective

grotesco (feminine grotesca, masculine plural grotescos, feminine plural grotescas)

1. grotesque

Further reading

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