piedoso

Portuguese

Etymology

With haplology from piedade (“piety”) +‎ -oso. From Old Galician-Portuguese piedoso, piadoso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.eˈdo.zu/ [pɪ.eˈdo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /pjeˈdo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.eˈdo.zu/ [pɪ.eˈdo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /pjeˈdo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.eˈdo.zo/ [pɪ.eˈdo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /pjeˈdo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pjɛˈdo.zu/ [pjɛˈðo.zu]

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: pi‧e‧do‧so

Adjective

piedoso (feminine piedosa, masculine plural piedosos, feminine plural piedosas, comparable, comparative mais piedoso, superlative o mais piedoso or piedosíssimo, metaphonic)

1. merciful (showing mercy)
2. (of a person) merciful (prone to having mercy)

Derived terms

• piedosamente

Further reading

• “piedoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024