belicoso

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bellicōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.liˈko.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.liˈko.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.liˈko.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.liˈko.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: be‧li‧co‧so

Adjective

belicoso (feminine belicosa, masculine plural belicosos, feminine plural belicosas, metaphonic)

1. bellicose, warlike
2. Synonym of bélico

Derived terms

• belicosamente
• belicosidade

Noun

belicoso m (plural belicosos, metaphonic)

1. aggressive, combative, quarrelsome person

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bellicōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beliˈkoso/ [be.liˈko.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: be‧li‧co‧so

Adjective

belicoso (feminine belicosa, masculine plural belicosos, feminine plural belicosas)

1. bellicose, warlike

   Synonym: bélico

Related terms

• belicista
• belicosidad
• beligerancia
• beligerante

 

Further reading

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