licencioso

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin licentiōsus, from licentia (“license, freedom”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.sẽ.siˈo.zu/ [li.sẽ.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /li.sẽˈsjo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.sẽ.siˈo.zu/ [li.sẽ.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /li.sẽˈsjo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.sẽ.siˈo.zo/ [li.sẽ.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /li.sẽˈsjo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.sẽˈsjo.zu/

Adjective

licencioso (feminine licenciosa, masculine plural licenciosos, feminine plural licenciosas, metaphonic)

1. licentious

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin licentiōsus, from licentia (“license, freedom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /liθenˈθjoso/ [li.θẽn̟ˈθjo.so]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /lisenˈsjoso/ [li.sẽnˈsjo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: li‧cen‧cio‧so

Adjective

licencioso (feminine licenciosa, masculine plural licenciosos, feminine plural licenciosas)

1. licentious

Related terms

• licencia

 

Further reading

• “licencioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014