mucoso
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin mūcōsus, from Latin mūcus.
Adjective
mucoso (feminine mucosa, masculine plural mucosi, feminine plural mucose)
- mucous
Related terms
- membrana mucosa, tonaca mucosa
- muco
- mucosità
Latin
Adjective
mūcōsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mūcōsus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin mūcōsus, from Latin mūcus.
Adjective
mucoso (feminine mucosa, masculine plural mucosos, feminine plural mucosas, metaphonic)
- mucous
Related terms
- muco
Further reading
- “mucoso” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin mūcōsus, from Latin mūcus. Compare mocoso, possibly an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muˈkoso/ [muˈko.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: mu‧co‧so
Adjective
mucoso (feminine mucosa, masculine plural mucosos, feminine plural mucosas)
- mucous
Derived terms
- membrana mucosa
- mucosidad
Further reading
- “mucoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014