frouxo

Galician

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin fluxus. Cognate with Portuguese frouxo, Spanish flojo, Catalan fluix.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾowʃo̝/

Adjective

frouxo (feminine frouxa, masculine plural frouxos, feminine plural frouxas)

  1. loose, lax
  2. (figuratively) cowardly, pusillanimous

Derived terms

References
  • “frouxo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “frouxo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin fluxus.[1][2] Doublet of chocho and fluxo.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾo(w).ʃu/ [ˈfɾo(ʊ̯).ʃu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾo(w).ʃo/ [ˈfɾo(ʊ̯).ʃo]
 

  • Rhymes: -owʃu, -oʃu
  • Hyphenation: frou‧xo

Adjective

frouxo (feminine frouxa, masculine plural frouxos, feminine plural frouxas, comparable, comparative mais frouxo, superlative o mais frouxo or frouxíssimo)

  1. loose, lax
  2. (figuratively) cowardly, pusillanimous

References
  1. “frouxo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “frouxo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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