prestigioso

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin praestigiōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pre.stiˈd͡ʒo.zo/, (traditional) /pre.stiˈd͡ʒo.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: pre‧sti‧gió‧so

Adjective

prestigioso (feminine prestigiosa, masculine plural prestigiosi, feminine plural prestigiose)

1. prestigious, famous, eminent

Derived terms

• prestigiosamente
• prestigiosità

Related terms

• prestigio

Further reading

• prestigioso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin praestigiōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾes.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈo.zu/ [pɾes.t͡ʃi.ʒɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒjo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾes.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈo.zu/ [pɾes.t͡ʃi.ʒɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒjo.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾeʃ.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈo.zu/ [pɾeʃ.t͡ʃi.ʒɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /pɾeʃ.t͡ʃiˈʒjo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾes.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈo.zo/ [pɾes.t͡ʃi.ʒɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒjo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨʃ.tiˈʒjo.zu/

• Hyphenation: pres‧ti‧gi‧o‧so

Adjective

prestigioso (feminine prestigiosa, masculine plural prestigiosos, feminine plural prestigiosas, metaphonic)

1. prestigious (of high prestige)

Related terms

• prestígio

Further reading

• “prestigioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin praestīgiōsus (literally “full of deceitful tricks”), from Latin praestīgiae (“illusions, fantastic images, juggler's tricks”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾestiˈxjoso/ [pɾes.t̪iˈxjo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: pres‧ti‧gio‧so

Adjective

prestigioso (feminine prestigiosa, masculine plural prestigiosos, feminine plural prestigiosas)

1. prestigious, distinguished, famous, eminent

Related terms

• prestigio (see for more related terms)

Descendants

• → Cebuano: prestihiyoso
• → Tagalog: prestihiyoso

Further reading

• “prestigioso”, 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