tinhoso

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tinhoso, from Latin tĭnĕōsus (“full of worms”). Compare Galician tiñoso.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃĩˈɲo.zu/ [t͡ʃĩˈj̃o.zu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈɲo.zo/

  • Hyphenation: ti‧nho‧so

Adjective[edit]

tinhoso (feminine tinhosa, masculine plural tinhosos, feminine plural tinhosas, metaphonic)

  1. having ringworms
  2. disgusting, repulsive
  3. stubborn, insistent

Noun[edit]

tinhoso m

  1. (colloquial, epithetic, uncountable) the Devil
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