ocioso
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ōtiōsus (“idle; unemployed”), from ōtium (“leisure”) + -ōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.siˈo.zu/ [o.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /oˈsjo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.siˈo.zo/ [o.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /oˈsjo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈsjo.zu/
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: o‧ci‧o‧so
Adjective
ocioso (feminine ociosa, masculine plural ociosos, feminine plural ociosas, metaphonic)
- idle (not engaged in any occupation or employment)
- Synonyms: desempregado, inativo
- Antonym: empregado
- lazy; work-shy
- Synonyms: indolente, preguiçoso, vagabundo
- Antonyms: diligente, industrioso
- (of a period of time) when there is nothing to do
- not being used
Related terms
- ócio
- ociosamente
- ociosidade
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin otiōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /oˈθjoso/ [oˈθjo.so]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /oˈsjoso/ [oˈsjo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: o‧cio‧so
Adjective
ocioso (feminine ociosa, masculine plural ociosos, feminine plural ociosas)
- idle
- useless
Noun
ocioso m (plural ociosos, feminine ociosa, feminine plural ociosas)
- idler
Related terms
- ocio
- ociosidad
Further reading
- “ocioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014