espantoso
Portuguese
Etymology
From espanto (“amazement”) + -oso.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pɐ̃ˈto.zu/, /es.pɐ̃ˈto.zu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.pɐ̃ˈto.zu/, /eʃ.pɐ̃ˈto.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.pɐ̃ˈto.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐ̃ˈto.zu/
- Hyphenation: es‧pan‧to‧so
Adjective
espantoso (feminine espantosa, masculine plural espantosos, feminine plural espantosas, metaphonic)
- amazing
- Synonym: incrível
Related terms
- espanto
- espantar
Spanish
Etymology
From espanto (“fright”) + -oso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /espanˈtoso/ [es.pãn̪ˈt̪o.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: es‧pan‧to‧so
Adjective
espantoso (feminine espantosa, masculine plural espantosos, feminine plural espantosas)
- ghastly, gruesome, dreadful, awful, godawful, horrific, horrendous, horrible, terrible
- Synonyms: horrible, horripilante, horroroso, horrendo, terrible
- frightful, frightening, scary, fearful, terrifying, shocking
- Synonyms: aterrador, terrorífico
- hideous, appalling, atrocious, horrid
- Synonym: atroz
Further reading
- “espantoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014