afectuoso

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.fek.tuˈo.zu/ [a.fek.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /a.fekˈtwo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.fek.tuˈo.zu/ [a.fek.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /a.fekˈtwo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.fek.tuˈo.zo/ [a.fek.tʊˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /a.fekˈtwo.zo/

• Hyphenation: a‧fec‧tu‧o‧so

Adjective

afectuoso (feminine afectuosa, masculine plural afectuosos, feminine plural afectuosas, metaphonic)

1. (Brazil, rare) Alternative form of afetuoso
2. (European Portuguese spelling) Pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of afetuoso. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin affectuōsus (“affectionate”). By surface analysis, afecto +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afeɡˈtwoso/ [a.feɣ̞ˈt̪wo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: a‧fec‧tuo‧so

Adjective

afectuoso (feminine afectuosa, masculine plural afectuosos, feminine plural afectuosas)

1. affectionate

   Synonyms: cariño, querendón (Latin America)

Derived terms

• afectuosamente
• afectuosidad

 

Related terms

• afecto

 

Further reading

• “afectuoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10