pretestuoso

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Italian

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Etymology

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From pretesto +‎ -uoso.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pre.te.stuˈo.zo/, (traditional) /pre.te.stuˈo.so/, (traditional) /pre.teˈstwo.so/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
  • Hyphenation: pre‧te‧stu‧ó‧so, (traditional) pre‧te‧stuó‧so

Adjective

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pretestuoso (feminine pretestuosa, masculine plural pretestuosi, feminine plural pretestuose)

  1. specious, alleged

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ pretestuoso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)