gozoso

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin gaudeō

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

Latin gaudium

Old Spanish gozo

Spanish gozo

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 gozoso

From gozo + -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈθoso/ [ɡoˈθo.so] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈsoso/ [ɡoˈso.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: go‧zo‧so

Adjective

gozoso (feminine gozosa, masculine plural gozosos, feminine plural gozosas)

1. pleasurable, joyful, enjoyable (causing happiness)
2. pleased, joyous (happy)

Related terms

• gozar

Further reading

• “gozoso”, 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