moroso
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Latin morōsus, from mora.
Adjective edit
moroso (feminine morosa, masculine plural morosos, feminine plural morosas)
- defaulting, delinquent (late or failing to pay a debt)
Noun edit
moroso m (plural morosos, feminine morosa, feminine plural morosas)
Derived terms edit
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Late Latin morōsus.
Adjective edit
moroso (feminine morosa, masculine plural morosi, feminine plural morose)
Noun edit
moroso m (plural morosi, feminine morosa)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
moroso m (plural morosi, feminine morosa)
- (regional) boyfriend, lover, sweetheart
- Synonyms: innamorato, ragazzo
Further reading edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /moːˈroː.soː/, [moːˈroːs̠oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /moˈro.so/, [moˈrɔːs̬o]
Adjective edit
mōrōsō
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin morōsus, from mora.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: mo‧ro‧so
Adjective edit
moroso (feminine morosa, masculine plural morosos, feminine plural morosas, metaphonic)
- slow, sluggish (having little motion)
- time-consuming
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “moroso” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “moroso” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “moroso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “moroso” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “moroso” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “moroso” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin morōsus, from mora.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
moroso (feminine morosa, masculine plural morosos, feminine plural morosas)
- defaulting, delinquent (late or failing to pay a debt)
Noun edit
moroso m (plural morosos, feminine morosa, feminine plural morosas)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “moroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014