velloso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin villōsus.

Adjective

velloso (feminine vellosa, masculine plural vellosi, feminine plural vellose)

1. hairy

   Synonym: peloso

2. fleecy

Related terms

• vello

Anagrams

• sollevo, sollevò

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin villōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /beˈʝoso/ [beˈʝo.so]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /beˈʝoso/ [beˈʝo.so]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /beˈʎoso/ [beˈʎo.so]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /beˈʃoso/ [beˈʃo.so]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /beˈʒoso/ [beˈʒo.so]

• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ve‧llo‧so

Adjective

velloso (feminine vellosa, masculine plural vellosos, feminine plural vellosas)

1. hairy
2. fluffy

Derived terms

• veza vellosa

 

Further reading

• “velloso”, 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