velloso

velloso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin villosus.

Adjective

velloso (feminine vellosa, masculine plural vellosi, feminine plural vellose)

1. hairy

   Synonym: peloso

2. fleecy

Related terms

• vello

Anagrams

• sollevo, sollevò

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin villōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /beˈʝoso/ [beˈʝo.so]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /beˈʝoso/ [beˈʝo.so]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /beˈʎoso/ [beˈʎo.so]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /beˈʃoso/ [beˈʃo.so]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /beˈʒoso/ [beˈʒo.so]

• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ve‧llo‧so

Adjective

velloso (feminine vellosa, masculine plural vellosos, feminine plural vellosas)

1. hairy
2. fluffy

Further reading

• “velloso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014