pedregoso

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin petricōsus (“rocky”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.dɾeˈɡo.zu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.dɾɨˈɡo.zu/ [pɨ.ðɾɨˈɣo.zu]

• Hyphenation: pe‧dre‧go‧so

Adjective

pedregoso (feminine pedregosa, masculine plural pedregosos, feminine plural pedregosas, metaphonic)

1. rocky (full of rocks)

Related terms

• pedra

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin petricosus (“rocky”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pedɾeˈɡoso/ [pe.ð̞ɾeˈɣ̞o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: pe‧dre‧go‧so

Adjective

pedregoso (feminine pedregosa, masculine plural pedregosos, feminine plural pedregosas)

1. stony

   Synonym: rocoso

Related terms

• piedra

 

Further reading

• “pedregoso”, 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