venturoso
Italian
Etymology
From ventura (“luck, fortune”) + -oso (“-ous”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ven.tuˈro.zo/
- Rhymes: -ozo
- Hyphenation: ven‧tu‧ró‧so
Adjective
venturoso (feminine venturosa, masculine plural venturosi, feminine plural venturose)
- (poetic) fortunate, lucky
- Synonyms: (archaic) avventurato, (literary) avventuroso, fortunato
- Antonyms: (regional) iellato, (colloquial) scalognato, (colloquial) sfigato, sfortunato, sventurato
- 1835, Giacomo Leopardi, “I. All'Italia [1. To Italy]”, in Canti, Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, lines 61–67, page 5:
- Oh venturose e care e benedette
l’antiche etá, che a morte
per la patria correan le genti a squadre- Oh fortunate, and blessed, and dear the ancient days, when our people rushed to die in ranks for their homeland
Derived terms
- venturosamente
Related terms
- avventurare
- avventuroso
- ventura
Further reading
- venturoso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Etymology
From ventura + -oso.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: ven‧tu‧ro‧so
Adjective
venturoso (feminine venturosa, masculine plural venturosos, feminine plural venturosas, metaphonic)
- fortunate, lucky
Spanish
Etymology
From ventura + -oso.
Adjective
venturoso (feminine venturosa, masculine plural venturosos, feminine plural venturosas)
- fortunate, lucky
Further reading
- “venturoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014