seboso

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sebōsus. By surface analysis, sebo +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈbo.zu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈbo.zu/ [sɨˈβo.zu]

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: se‧bo‧so

Adjective

seboso (feminine sebosa, masculine plural sebosos, feminine plural sebosas, metaphonic)

1. covered in sebum

Noun

seboso m (plural sebosos, feminine sebosa, feminine plural sebosas, metaphonic)

1. a filthy person

   Synonym: sujismundo

Further reading

• “seboso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “seboso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sebōsus. By surface analysis, sebo +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈboso/ [seˈβ̞o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: se‧bo‧so

Adjective

seboso (feminine sebosa, masculine plural sebosos, feminine plural sebosas)

1. greasy

Noun

seboso m (plural sebosos, feminine sebosa, feminine plural sebosas)

1. greasy or filthy person; pig

Further reading

• “seboso”, 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