humorístico

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese humor

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Portuguese -ista

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Portuguese -ico

Portuguese -ístico

Portuguese humorístico

From humor + -ístico.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.moˈɾis.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.moˈɾis.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /u.moˈɾiʃ.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.muˈɾiʃ.ti.ku/

• Rhymes: -ist͡ʃiku, -iʃtiku
• Hyphenation: hu‧mo‧rís‧ti‧co

Adjective

humorístico (feminine humorística, masculine plural humorísticos, feminine plural humorísticas)

1. humoristic (relating to humor or a humorist)
2. humorous, jocular (that aims to provoke laughter and good humor)

Further reading

• “humorístico”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “humorístico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish humor

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Spanish -ista

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icusbor.

Spanish -ico

Spanish -ístico

Spanish humorístico

From humor + -ístico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /umoˈɾistiko/ [u.moˈɾis.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -istiko
• Syllabification: hu‧mo‧rís‧ti‧co

Adjective

humorístico (feminine humorística, masculine plural humorísticos, feminine plural humorísticas)

1. humorous

Further reading

• “humorístico”, 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