calloso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin callōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈlo.zo/, (traditional) /kalˈlo.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: cal‧ló‧so

Adjective

calloso (feminine callosa, masculine plural callosi, feminine plural callose)

1. callous, horny

Related terms

• callo
• callosità

Anagrams

• collosa

Latin

Adjective

callōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of callōsus

Portuguese

Adjective

calloso (feminine callosa, masculine plural callosos, feminine plural callosas, comparable, metaphonic)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of caloso.
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Fuga [Escape]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 188:

     Os pés callosos, duros como cascos, mettidos em alpercatas novas, caminhariam mezes.

     His callous feet, hard as hooves, shoved into new espadrilles, would walk for months.

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin callōsus. By surface analysis, callo +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaˈʝoso/ [kaˈʝo.so]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaˈʝoso/ [kaˈʝo.so]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kaˈʎoso/ [kaˈʎo.so]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈʃoso/ [kaˈʃo.so]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈʒoso/ [kaˈʒo.so]

• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ca‧llo‧so

Adjective

calloso (feminine callosa, masculine plural callosos, feminine plural callosas)

1. callosal
2. calloused

Derived terms

• cuerpo calloso
• subcalloso

Related terms

• callo
• callosidad

Further reading

• “calloso”, 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