caprichoso
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio (“whim, fancy, caprice, quirk”). By surface analysis, capricho (“caprice, fancy”) + -oso.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ca‧pri‧cho‧so
Adjective[edit]
caprichoso (feminine caprichosa, masculine plural caprichosos, feminine plural caprichosas, metaphonic)
- capricious (impulsive and unpredictable)
- who makes things with care
- who keeps things tidy
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio (“whim, fancy, caprice, quirk”). By surface analysis, capricho (“caprice, fancy”) + -oso.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
caprichoso (feminine caprichosa, masculine plural caprichosos, feminine plural caprichosas)
- whimsical, capricious, wayward
- Synonym: antojadizo
Further reading[edit]
- “caprichoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Italian
- Portuguese terms derived from Italian
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -oso
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese adjectives
- Portuguese adjectives with metaphony
- Spanish terms borrowed from Italian
- Spanish terms derived from Italian
- Spanish terms suffixed with -oso
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/oso
- Rhymes:Spanish/oso/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish adjectives