hercúleo

See also: herculeo

Asturian

Adjective

hercúleo

neuter of herculeu

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Herculeus.[1] Compare Catalan herculi and Italian erculeo. By surface analysis, Hércules +‎ -eo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁˈku.le.u/ [ehˈku.le.u]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /eɾˈku.le.u/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /eʁˈku.le.u/ [eχˈku.le.u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eɻˈku.le.o/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛɾˈku.lju/

Rhymes: (Brazil) -uleu, (Portugal) -ulju
Hyphenation: her‧cú‧le‧o

Adjective

hercúleo (feminine hercúlea, masculine plural hercúleos, feminine plural hercúleas)

of or pertaining to Hercules
Herculean (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
Herculean (requiring a huge amount of work)

Synonyms

herácleo
herculâneo
herculano

References

“hercúleo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Spanish

Adjective

hercúleo (feminine hercúlea, masculine plural hercúleos, feminine plural hercúleas)

Herculean

Further reading

“hercúleo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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