gloso

See also: glosó and gloso-

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɡlɔ.zu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡlɔ.zo]

Verb

gloso

1. first-person singular present indicative of glosar

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔ.sɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔsɔ
• Syllabification: glo‧so

Noun

gloso

1. vocative singular of glosa

Portuguese

Verb

gloso

1. first-person singular present indicative of glosar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡloso/ [ˈɡlo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: glo‧so

Verb

gloso

1. first-person singular present indicative of glosar

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of glo (“stare”) +‎ so (“sow”). According to SAOB attested since 1863.

Noun

gloso c

1. (folklore, Southern) A (often) white pig or boar with red sparking glowing eyes, large snout and fiery tusks, occasionally with a sharp serrated back and a tendency to run twixt the legs and cleave their victim.

   Synonyms: gloffson, gloppsoan, gluppson, glopsoen, glopsuggan, glosugga, gluffso, gluffsoen, gluffesugga, gluggso, glåpson, gravso, luffesoen, lyckso

Declension

Declension of gloso
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gloso	gloson	glosor	glosorna
Genitive	glosos	glosons	glosors	glosornas

See also

• Gyllenborste (“Gullinbursti”)

References

• gloson in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Further reading

• Gloson, det fruktade spöksvinet at the Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore