pavoroso

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pavōrōsum, derived from Latin pavōrem (“fear”, noun). By surface analysis, pavor +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.voˈɾo.zu/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.vuˈɾo.zu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.vuˈɾo.zu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.buˈɾo.zu/ [pɐ.βuˈɾo.zu]

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: pa‧vo‧ro‧so

Adjective

pavoroso (feminine pavorosa, masculine plural pavorosos, feminine plural pavorosas, metaphonic)

1. gruesome; dreadful

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:amedrontador

Related terms

• apavorar
• pavor

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pavōrōsum, derived from Latin pavōrem (“fear”, noun). By surface analysis, pavor +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paboˈɾoso/ [pa.β̞oˈɾo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: pa‧vo‧ro‧so

Adjective

pavoroso (feminine pavorosa, masculine plural pavorosos, feminine plural pavorosas)

1. dreadful, horrifying

Related terms

• pavor

Further reading

• “pavoroso”, 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