caloso

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• calloso (pre-reform)

Etymology

From calo (“callus”) +‎ -oso (“-ous”)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈlo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈlo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈlo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈlo.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: ca‧lo‧so

Adjective

caloso (feminine calosa, masculine plural calosos, feminine plural calosas, comparable, metaphonic)

1. callous (having calli)

   Synonym: calejado

   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Fuga [Escape]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎^[1], 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.

Derived terms

• calosamente