espesso

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese espesso, from Latin spissus, from Proto-Indo-European *spidtos.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpe.su/, /esˈpe.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpe.su/, /esˈpe.su/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpe.su/, /eʃˈpe.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpe.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpe.su/

• Hyphenation: es‧pes‧so

Adjective

espesso (feminine espessa, masculine plural espessos, feminine plural espessas)

1. dense, compact, opaque
2. thick
3. leafy