apetitoso

Portuguese

Etymology

From apetite (“appetite”) +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.pe.t͡ʃiˈto.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.pe.t͡ʃiˈto.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.pe.t͡ʃiˈto.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɨ.tiˈto.zu/

• Hyphenation: a‧pe‧ti‧to‧so

Adjective

apetitoso (feminine apetitosa, masculine plural apetitosos, feminine plural apetitosas, comparable, comparative mais apetitoso, superlative o mais apetitoso or apetitosíssimo, metaphonic)

1. appetizing; tasty

Spanish

Etymology

From apetito +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apetiˈtoso/ [a.pe.t̪iˈt̪o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: a‧pe‧ti‧to‧so

Adjective

apetitoso (feminine apetitosa, masculine plural apetitosos, feminine plural apetitosas)

1. appetizing

   Synonym: apetecible

2. tasty, savory, delicious

   Synonyms: delicioso, sabroso, rico

3. (obsolete) keen on good food

Further reading

• “apetitoso”, 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