borroso

Spanish

Etymology

From borrar (“to erase”) +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈroso/ [boˈro.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: bo‧rro‧so

Adjective

borroso (feminine borrosa, masculine plural borrosos, feminine plural borrosas)

1. blurry, fuzzy (unfocused)

Derived terms

• borrosidad
• conjunto borroso (“fuzzy set”)
• lógica borrosa
• teoría de los subconjuntos borrosos (“fuzzy subset theory”)

Descendants

• → Catalan: borrós

Further reading

• “borroso”, 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