frouxo

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin fluxus. Cognate with Portuguese frouxo, Spanish flojo, Catalan fluix.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

frouxo (feminine frouxa, masculine plural frouxos, feminine plural frouxas)

  1. loose, lax
  2. (figuratively) cowardly, pusillanimous

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “frouxo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “frouxo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin fluxus.[1][2] Doublet of chocho and fluxo.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾo(w).ʃu/ [ˈfɾo(ʊ̯).ʃu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾo(w).ʃo/ [ˈfɾo(ʊ̯).ʃo]
 

Adjective[edit]

frouxo (feminine frouxa, masculine plural frouxos, feminine plural frouxas, comparable, comparative mais frouxo, superlative o mais frouxo or frouxíssimo)

  1. loose, lax
  2. (figuratively) cowardly, pusillanimous

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “frouxo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “frouxo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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