piedoso
Portuguese
Etymology
With haplology from piedade (“piety”) + -oso. From Old Portuguese piedoso, piadoso.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.eˈdo.zu/ [pɪ.eˈdo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /pjeˈdo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.eˈdo.zo/ [pɪ.eˈdo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /pjeˈdo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pjɛˈdo.zu/ [pjɛˈðo.zu]
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: pi‧e‧do‧so
Adjective
piedoso (feminine piedosa, masculine plural piedosos, feminine plural piedosas, comparable, comparative mais piedoso, superlative o mais piedoso or piedosíssimo, metaphonic)
- merciful (showing mercy)
- (of a person) merciful (prone to having mercy)
Derived terms
- piedosamente
Further reading
- “piedoso” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.