prosaico

Italian

Adjective

prosaico (feminine prosaica, masculine plural prosaici, feminine plural prosaiche)

prosaic, mundane

Derived terms

prosaicamente

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin prōsaicus (“in prose”), from Latin prōsa (“prose”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈzaj.ku/ [pɾoˈzaɪ̯.ku]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈzaj.ko/ [pɾoˈzaɪ̯.ko]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈzaj.ku/

Hyphenation: pro‧sai‧co

Adjective

prosaico (feminine prosaica, masculine plural prosaicos, feminine plural prosaicas)

(literature) prosaic (pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose)
common; usual
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ordinário

Antonyms: see Thesaurus:ordinário

Related terms

prosa
prosador
prosaicamente
prosaísmo
prosaísta
prosar
proseado
proseador
prosear
proseio

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin prōsaicus, from Latin prōsa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɾoˈsaiko/ [pɾoˈsai̯.ko]
Rhymes: -aiko
Syllabification: pro‧sai‧co

Adjective

prosaico (feminine prosaica, masculine plural prosaicos, feminine plural prosaicas)

prosaic (of or relating to prose)
bland, mundane
Synonyms: insulso, insípido, mundano

Related terms

prosa

Further reading

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

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