formoso
See also: Formoso
Italian
Etymology
From Latin fōrmōsus (“beautiful, well-formed”).
Adjective
formoso (feminine singular formosa, masculine plural formosi, feminine plural formose)
- shapely, curvaceous
Related terms
- forma
- formosità
Latin
Adjective
fōrmōsō
- dative masculine singular of fōrmōsus
- dative neuter singular of fōrmōsus
- ablative masculine singular of fōrmōsus
- ablative neuter plural of fōrmōsus
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin fōrmōsus; replaced inherited Old Portuguese fremoso, fermoso (compare Spanish hermoso, Galician fermoso).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /foʁ.ˈmo.zu/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fuɾ.ˈmo.zu/
- Hyphenation: for‧mo‧so
Adjective
formoso m (feminine singular formosa, masculine plural formosos, feminine plural formosas, comparable)
- beautiful
Inflection
Inflection of formoso
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |
| positive | formoso | formosa | formosos | formosas |
| comparative | mais formoso | mais formosa | mais formosos | mais formosas |
| superlative | o mais formoso formosíssimo | a mais formosa formosíssima | os mais formosos formosíssimos | as mais formosas formosíssimas |
| augmentative | formosão | formosona | formosões | formosonas |
| diminutive | formosinho | formosinha | formosinhos | formosinhas |
Related terms
- Formosa