viscoso

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin viscōsus, from Latin viscum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bisˈkoso/ [bis̺ˈko.s̺ʊ]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Hyphenation: vis‧co‧so

Adjective

viscoso (feminine viscosa, masculine plural viscosos, feminine plural viscosas)

1. viscous

Related terms

• viscosidade

Further reading

• “viscoso” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Alternative forms

• vescoso

Etymology

From Late Latin viscōsus, from Latin viscum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈsko.zo/, (traditional) /viˈsko.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: vi‧scó‧so

Adjective

viscoso (feminine viscosa, masculine plural viscosi, feminine plural viscose)

1. viscous

Derived terms

• viscosità

Related terms

• vischio

Further reading

• viscoso in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• viscoso in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• viscóso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• viscóso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯isˈkoː.soː/, [u̯ɪs̠ˈkoːs̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /visˈko.so/, [visˈkɔːs̬o]

Adjective

viscōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of viscōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin viscōsus, from Latin viscum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /visˈko.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /visˈko.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /viʃˈko.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /visˈko.zo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viʃˈko.zu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viʃˈko.zu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biʃˈko.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: vis‧co‧so

Adjective

viscoso (feminine viscosa, masculine plural viscosos, feminine plural viscosas, comparable, comparative mais viscoso, superlative o mais viscoso or viscosíssimo, metaphonic)

1. viscous

   Synonyms: gosmento, melecado

Derived terms

• viscosidade

Related terms

• visco / visgo

Further reading

• “viscoso” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “viscoso” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “viscoso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “viscoso” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “viscoso” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “viscoso” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin viscōsus, from Latin viscum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bisˈkoso/ [bisˈko.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: vis‧co‧so

Adjective

viscoso (feminine viscosa, masculine plural viscosos, feminine plural viscosas)

1. viscous, gooey
2. slimy

Derived terms

• oso viscoso
• viscosidad

 

Related terms

• visco

 

Further reading

• “viscoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014