formoso

See also: Formoso

Asturian

Adjective

formoso

neuter of formosu

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fōrmōsus (“beautiful, well-formed”) (compare Portuguese formoso, Spanish hermoso, Galician fermoso, Romanian frumos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /forˈmo.zo/, (traditional) /forˈmo.so/
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Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
Hyphenation: for‧mó‧so

Adjective

formoso (feminine formosa, masculine plural formosi, feminine plural formose)

shapely, curvaceous

Related terms

Latin

Adjective

fōrmōsō

dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fōrmōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fōrmōsus; replaced inherited Old Galician-Portuguese fremoso, fermoso (compare Italian formoso, Spanish hermoso, Galician fermoso, Romanian frumos).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁˈmo.zu/ [foɦˈmo.zu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /foɾˈmo.zu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /foʁˈmo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foɻˈmo.zo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾˈmo.zu/

Hyphenation: for‧mo‧so

Adjective

formoso (feminine formosa, masculine plural formosos, feminine plural formosas, comparable, comparative mais formoso, superlative o mais formoso or formosíssimo, diminutive formosinho, augmentative formosão, metaphonic)

beautiful

Derived terms

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