especioso
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin speciōsus (“good-looking”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pe.siˈo.zu/ [is.pe.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /is.peˈsjo.zu/, /es.pe.siˈo.zu/ [es.pe.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /es.peˈsjo.zu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.pe.siˈo.zu/ [iʃ.pe.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.peˈsjo.zu/, /eʃ.pe.siˈo.zu/ [eʃ.pe.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.peˈsjo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.pe.siˈo.zo/ [es.pe.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /es.peˈsjo.zo/
- Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ci‧o‧so
Adjective[edit]
especioso (feminine especiosa, masculine plural especiosos, feminine plural especiosas, metaphonic)
- specious (seemingly well-reasoned, but fallacious)
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
especioso (feminine especiosa, masculine plural especiosos, feminine plural especiosas)
Further reading[edit]
- “especioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014