tinhoso

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tinhoso, from Latin tĭnĕōsus (“full of worms”). By surface analysis, tinha +‎ -oso. Compare Galician tiñoso and Asturian tiñosu.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩˈɲo.zu/ [t͡ʃĩˈj̃o.zu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩˈɲo.zu/ [t͡ʃĩˈj̃o.zu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈɲo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tiˈɲo.zu/, /tɨˈɲo.zu/

• Hyphenation: ti‧nho‧so

Adjective

tinhoso (feminine tinhosa, masculine plural tinhosos, feminine plural tinhosas, metaphonic)

1. having ringworms
2. disgusting, repulsive
3. stubborn, insistent

Noun

o tinhoso m

1. (colloquial, epithetic, uncountable) the Devil

Further reading

• “tinhoso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “tinhoso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025