sentencioso

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽ.tẽ.siˈo.zu/ [sẽ.tẽ.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /sẽ.tẽˈsjo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽ.tẽ.siˈo.zu/ [sẽ.tẽ.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /sẽ.tẽˈsjo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽ.tẽ.siˈo.zo/ [sẽ.tẽ.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /sẽ.tẽˈsjo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽ.tẽˈsjo.zu/

• Hyphenation: sen‧ten‧ci‧o‧so

Adjective

sentencioso (feminine sentenciosa, masculine plural sentenciosos, feminine plural sentenciosas, metaphonic)

1. sententious (tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralising)

Derived terms

• sentenciosamente

Related terms

• sentença

Further reading

• “sentencioso” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Adjective

sentencioso (feminine sentenciosa, masculine plural sentenciosos, feminine plural sentenciosas)

1. sententious
2. pithy

Further reading

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