curiosidad

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin curiositātem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuɾjosiˈdad/ [ku.ɾjo.siˈð̞að̞]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: cu‧rio‧si‧dad

Noun

curiosidad f (plural curiosidades)

1. curiosity

Derived terms

• la curiosidad mató al gato

 

Related terms

• curioso

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: kuryosidad, kuryusidad

Further reading

• “curiosidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28