sentencioso

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin sententiōsus.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

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

• Hyphenation: sen‧ten‧ci‧o‧so

Adjective

sentencioso (feminine sentenciosa, masculine plural sentenciosos, feminine plural sentenciosas, metaphonic)

1. sententious (tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralising)

Derived terms

• sentenciosamente

Related terms

• sentença

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sententiōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /sentenˈθjoso/ [sẽn̪.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjo.so]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sentenˈsjoso/ [sẽn̪.t̪ẽnˈsjo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: sen‧ten‧cio‧so

Adjective

sentencioso (feminine sentenciosa, masculine plural sentenciosos, feminine plural sentenciosas)

1. sententious (tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralising)
2. pithy

Derived terms

• sentenciosamente

 

Related terms

• sentencia

 

Further reading

• “sentencioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28