tinhoso
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin tĭnĕōsus (“full of worms”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃĩˈɲo.zu/ [t͡ʃĩˈj̃o.zu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈɲo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tiˈɲo.zu/, /tɨˈɲo.zu/
- Hyphenation: ti‧nho‧so
Adjective
tinhoso (feminine tinhosa, masculine plural tinhosos, feminine plural tinhosas, metaphonic)
- having ringworms
- disgusting, repulsive
- stubborn, insistent
Noun
tinhoso m (uncountable, metaphonic)
- (colloquial, epithetic) the Devil