invejoso

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the older envejoso, from Latin invidiōsus (adapted to modern Portuguese invejo). By surface analysis, inveja + -oso.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.veˈʒo.zu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.veˈʒo.zo/
 

  • Hyphenation: in‧ve‧jo‧so

Adjective

invejoso (feminine invejosa, masculine plural invejosos, feminine plural invejosas, comparable, comparative mais invejoso, superlative o mais invejoso or invejosíssimo, metaphonic)

  1. envious

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