excelso

Latin

Adjective

excelsō

1. masculine/neuter dative/ablative singular of excelsus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excelsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /eɡsˈθelso/ [eɣ̞sˈθel.so]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eɡˈselso/ [eɣ̞ˈsel.so]
• Rhymes: -elso
• Syllabification: ex‧cel‧so

Adjective

excelso (feminine excelsa, masculine plural excelsos, feminine plural excelsas)

1. excellent

Related terms

• excelsitud

Further reading

• “excelso”, 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