escandaloso

Asturian

Adjective

escandaloso

1. neuter of escandalosu

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese escândalo

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Old Galician-Portuguese -oso

Portuguese -oso

Portuguese escandaloso

From escândalo + -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kɐ̃.daˈlo.zu/, /es.kɐ̃.daˈlo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kɐ̃.daˈlo.zu/, /es.kɐ̃.daˈlo.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kɐ̃.daˈlo.zu/, /eʃ.kɐ̃.daˈlo.zu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐ̃.dɐˈlo.zu/

• Hyphenation: es‧can‧da‧lo‧so

Adjective

escandaloso (feminine escandalosa, masculine plural escandalosos, feminine plural escandalosas, metaphonic)

1. scandalous

Derived terms

• escandalosamente

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *skend-der.?

Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon)der.

Latin scandalumlbor.

Spanish escándalo

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Old Spanish -oso

Spanish -oso

Spanish escandaloso

From escándalo + -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskandaˈloso/ [es.kãn̪.d̪aˈlo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: es‧can‧da‧lo‧so

Adjective

escandaloso (feminine escandalosa, masculine plural escandalosos, feminine plural escandalosas)

1. scandalous

Derived terms

• escandalosamente

Further reading

• “escandaloso”, 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