foliáceo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin foliāceus, from folium (“leaf”) (Portuguese folha).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fo.liˈa.se.u/ [fo.lɪˈa.se.u], (faster pronunciation) /foˈlja.se.u/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fo.liˈa.se.u/ [fo.lɪˈa.se.u], (faster pronunciation) /foˈlja.se.u/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fo.liˈa.se.o/ [fo.lɪˈa.se.o], (faster pronunciation) /foˈlja.se.o/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈlja.sju/

• Hyphenation: fo‧li‧á‧ce‧o

Adjective

foliáceo (feminine foliácea, masculine plural foliáceos, feminine plural foliáceas)

1. leafy (shaped like a leaf or leaves)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin foliāceus, from folium (“leaf”) (Spanish hoja).

Adjective

foliáceo (feminine foliácea, masculine plural foliáceos, feminine plural foliáceas)

1. leafy (shaped like a leaf or leaves)

Further reading

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