precioso

Asturian

Adjective

precioso

  1. neuter of preciosu

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese precioso (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin pretiōsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɾeˈθjosʊ]

Adjective

precioso (feminine preciosa, masculine plural preciosos, feminine plural preciosas)

  1. precious (of high value or worth)
  2. beautiful

Derived terms

  • preciosidade

References

  • precioso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • precios” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • precioso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • precioso” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • precioso” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese precioso, borrowed from Latin pretiōsus.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.siˈo.zu/ [pɾe.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /pɾeˈsjo.zu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.siˈo.zo/ [pɾe.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /pɾeˈsjo.zo/

  • Hyphenation: pre‧ci‧o‧so

Adjective

precioso (feminine preciosa, masculine plural preciosos, feminine plural preciosas, metaphonic)

  1. precious (of high value or worth)

Derived terms

Noun

precioso m (plural preciosos, feminine preciosa, feminine plural preciosas, metaphonic)

  1. precious (someone (or something) who is loved)

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pretiōsus. By surface analysis, precio + -oso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾeˈθjoso/ [pɾeˈθjo.so]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /pɾeˈsjoso/ [pɾeˈsjo.so]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: pre‧cio‧so

Adjective

precioso (feminine preciosa, masculine plural preciosos, feminine plural preciosas, superlative preciosísimo)

  1. gorgeous
  2. cute
  3. precious

Derived terms

Further reading

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