fogoso

Portuguese

Etymology

From fogo (“fire”) +‎ -oso (“-ous”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈɡo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈɡo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈɡo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈɡo.zu/ [fuˈɣo.zu]

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: fo‧go‧so

Adjective

fogoso (feminine fogosa, masculine plural fogosos, feminine plural fogosas, metaphonic)

1. enthusiastic
2. salacious (promoting sexual desire or lust)
3. hot-headed

Derived terms

• fogosamente

Spanish

Etymology

Calque of French fougueux, from fuego (“fire”) +‎ -oso. The occurrence of fuego is an error; the original term is derived from French fougue (“enthusiasm”), from Italian foga, from Latin fuga (“escape, flight, avoidance”), cognate with English fugue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈɡoso/ [foˈɣ̞o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: fo‧go‧so

Adjective

fogoso (feminine fogosa, masculine plural fogosos, feminine plural fogosas)

1. ardent (especially sexually)

   Synonym: ardiente

Derived terms

• fogosamente
• fogosidad

 

Further reading

• “fogoso”, 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