fogosidad

Spanish

FWOTD – 16 May 2014

Etymology

From fogoso +‎ -idad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foɡosiˈdad/ [fo.ɣ̞o.siˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: fo‧go‧si‧dad

Noun

fogosidad f (uncountable)

1. excessive enthusiasm or liveliness

   Synonyms: entusiasmo, viveza

   • 1862, D. Antonio Bergnes De Las Casas, La Abeja, volume 1, D. Juan Oliveres, page 356:

     En la Habana como en Petersburgo se celebra el talento y la fogosidad sublime de Beethoven;

     In Havana as well as in Petersburg Beethoven’s sublime talent and liveliness is celebrated;

Further reading

• “fogosidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16