pretensioso

Italian

Etymology

From pretensione +‎ -oso.

Adjective

pretensioso (feminine pretensiosa, masculine plural pretensiosi, feminine plural pretensiose)

1. Alternative form of pretenzioso (“pretentious”)

Derived terms

• pretensiosamente
• pretensiosità

Anagrams

• preesistono

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.tẽ.siˈo.zu/ [pɾe.tẽ.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /pɾe.tẽˈsjo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.tẽ.siˈo.zu/ [pɾe.tẽ.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /pɾe.tẽˈsjo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.tẽ.siˈo.zo/ [pɾe.tẽ.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /pɾe.tẽˈsjo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.tẽˈsjo.zu/

• Hyphenation: pre‧ten‧si‧o‧so

Adjective

pretensioso (feminine pretensiosa, masculine plural pretensiosos, feminine plural pretensiosas, metaphonic)

1. pretentious (marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction)

Derived terms

• pretensiosamente
• pretensiosidade

Further reading

• “pretensioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024