contencioso

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contentiōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tẽ.siˈo.zu/ [kõ.tẽ.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tẽˈsjo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tẽ.siˈo.zu/ [kõ.tẽ.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tẽˈsjo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tẽ.siˈo.zo/ [kõ.tẽ.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tẽˈsjo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tẽˈsjo.zu/

• Hyphenation: con‧ten‧ci‧o‧so

Adjective

contencioso (feminine contenciosa, masculine plural contenciosos, feminine plural contenciosas, metaphonic)

1. contentious
2. litigious

Related terms

• contenção
• contender

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contentiōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kontenˈθjoso/ [kõn̪.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjo.so]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kontenˈsjoso/ [kõn̪.t̪ẽnˈsjo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: con‧ten‧cio‧so

Adjective

contencioso (feminine contenciosa, masculine plural contenciosos, feminine plural contenciosas)

1. contentious

Derived terms

• vía contenciosa

Related terms

• contención
• contender

Further reading

• “contencioso”, 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