polvoroso

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish polvoroso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pow.voˈɾo.zu/ [poʊ̯.voˈɾo.zu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pow.voˈɾo.zu/ [poʊ̯.voˈɾo.zu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pow.voˈɾo.zo/ [poʊ̯.voˈɾo.zo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pol.vuˈɾo.zu/ [poɫ.vuˈɾo.zu], /pɔl.vuˈɾo.zu/ [pɔɫ.vuˈɾo.zu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pol.vuˈɾo.zu/ [poɫ.vuˈɾo.zu], /pɔl.vuˈɾo.zu/ [pɔɫ.vuˈɾo.zu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pol.buˈɾo.zu/ [poɫ.βuˈɾo.zu], /pɔl.buˈɾo.zu/ [pɔɫ.βuˈɾo.zu]

• Hyphenation: pol‧vo‧ro‧so

Adjective

polvoroso (feminine polvorosa, masculine plural polvorosos, feminine plural polvorosas, metaphonic)

1. dusty

Related terms

• pó
• pólvora
• polvorosa
• pôr os pés em polvorosa

Spanish

Etymology

From pólvora +‎ -oso.

Adjective

polvoroso (feminine polvorosa, masculine plural polvorosos, feminine plural polvorosas)

1. dusty

   Synonym: polvoriento

Derived terms

• poner pies en polvorosa (“to flee, to run away suddenly and quickly”)

Further reading

• “polvoroso”, 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