hercúleo

See also: herculeo

Asturian

Adjective

hercúleo

1. neuter of herculeu

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Herculēs

Latin -eus

Latin Herculeusbor.

Portuguese hercúleo

Borrowed from Latin Herculeus. Compare Catalan herculi and Italian erculeo. By surface analysis, Hércules +‎ -eo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁˈku.le.u/ [ehˈku.le.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁˈku.le.u/ [ehˈku.le.u]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /eɾˈku.le.u/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /eʁˈku.le.u/ [eχˈku.le.u]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /eɻˈku.le.u/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁˈku.le.o/ [ehˈku.le.o]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛɾˈku.lju/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -uleu, (Portugal) -ulju
• Hyphenation: her‧cú‧le‧o

Adjective

hercúleo (feminine hercúlea, masculine plural hercúleos, feminine plural hercúleas)

1. of or pertaining to Hercules
2. Herculean (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
3. Herculean (requiring a huge amount of work)

Synonyms

• herácleo
• herculâneo
• herculano

Further reading

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

Spanish

Adjective

hercúleo (feminine hercúlea, masculine plural hercúleos, feminine plural hercúleas)

1. Herculean

Further reading

• “hercúleo”, 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