amargoso

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔamaɾˈɡoso/ [ʔa.maɾˈɡo.so]
• Hyphenation: a‧mar‧go‧so

Noun

amargoso (Basahan spelling ᜀᜋᜍ᜔ᜄᜓᜐᜓ)

1. alternative form of marigoso

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese amargoso (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): amargo +‎ -oso, or less likely a Vulgar Latin root *amāricōsus, from Latin amārus. Compare Spanish amargoso, Sardinian marigosu, Dalmatian marcus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /amaɾˈɡoso/ [a.maɾˈɣ̞o.s̺ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /amaɾˈɡoso/ [a.maɾˈɣ̞o.s̺ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /amaɾˈħoso/ [a.maɾˈħo.s̺ʊ]

• Rhymes: -oso
• Hyphenation: a‧mar‧go‧so

Adjective

amargoso (feminine amargosa, masculine plural amargosos, feminine plural amargosas)

1. bitter; bitterish

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “amargoso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “amargos”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “amargoso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “amargoso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “amargoso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From amargo +‎ -oso, or less likely a Vulgar Latin root *amāricōsus, from Latin amārus. Compare Spanish amargoso, Sardinian marigosu, Dalmatian marcus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maʁˈɡo.zu/ [a.maɦˈɡo.zu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maʁˈɡo.zu/ [a.maɦˈɡo.zu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.maɾˈɡo.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.maʁˈɡo.zu/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.maɻˈɡo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maʁˈɡo.zo/ [a.maɦˈɡo.zo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐɾˈɡo.zu/ [ɐ.mɐɾˈɣo.zu]

• Hyphenation: a‧mar‧go‧so

Adjective

amargoso (feminine amargosa, masculine plural amargosos, feminine plural amargosas, metaphonic)

1. bitter
2. sad

Further reading

• “amargoso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “amargoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From amargar +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amaɾˈɡoso/ [a.maɾˈɣ̞o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: a‧mar‧go‧so

Adjective

amargoso (feminine amargosa, masculine plural amargosos, feminine plural amargosas)

1. bitterish

Further reading

• “amargoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish amargoso (“bitterish”). Compare Central Bikol marigoso.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔamaɾˈɡoso/ [ʔɐ.mɐɾˈɡoː.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: a‧mar‧go‧so

Noun

amargoso (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜇ᜔ᜄᜓᜐᜓ)

1. bitter melon (Momordica charantia)

   Synonyms: ampalaya, apalya

Related terms

• amargado
• amargo
• amargon
• amarilyo

Further reading

• “amargoso”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 29