vertiginoso

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vertīginōsus, derived from vertīgō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ver.ti.d͡ʒiˈno.zo/, (traditional) /ver.ti.d͡ʒiˈno.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: ver‧ti‧gi‧nó‧so

Adjective

vertiginoso (feminine vertiginosa, masculine plural vertiginosi, feminine plural vertiginose)

1. dizzy, dizzying, vertiginous, giddy
2. enormous, stunning, staggering, plunging
3. explosive, rapid, breakneck

Derived terms

• vertiginosamente

Related terms

• vertigine

Latin

Adjective

vertīginōsō

1. dative/ablative singular masculine/neuter of vertīginōsus

Noun

vertīginōsō m

1. dative/ablative singular of vertīginōsus

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• vortiginoso

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vertiginōsus, from vertīgō (“dizziness”), from vertō (“to revolve”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁ.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈno.zu/ [veh.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈno.zu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁ.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈno.zu/ [veh.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈno.zu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /veɾ.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈno.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʁ.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈno.zu/ [veχ.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈno.zu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veɻ.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈno.zo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾ.ti.ʒiˈno.zu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾ.ti.ʒiˈno.zu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨɾ.ti.ʒiˈno.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: ver‧ti‧gi‧no‧so

Adjective

vertiginoso (feminine vertiginosa, masculine plural vertiginosos, feminine plural vertiginosas, metaphonic)

1. vertiginous (inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo)

   Synonyms: atordoante, estonteante, tonteante

2. (figurative) happening very fast and intensely

Related terms

• vertigem
• vertiginar
• vertiginosamente
• vertiginosidade

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vertiginōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾtixiˈnoso/ [beɾ.t̪i.xiˈno.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ver‧ti‧gi‧no‧so

Adjective

vertiginoso (feminine vertiginosa, masculine plural vertiginosos, feminine plural vertiginosas)

1. vertiginous (pertaining or related to vertigo)
2. dizzying, vertiginous, giddy (inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, or dizzyness)

   Synonym: mareante

3. suffering from vertigo

   Synonym: mareado

Related terms

• vértigo

 

Further reading

• “vertiginoso”, 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