oficioso

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin officiōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.fi.siˈo.zu/ [o.fi.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /o.fiˈsjo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.fi.siˈo.zu/ [o.fi.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /o.fiˈsjo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.fi.siˈo.zo/ [o.fi.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /o.fiˈsjo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.fiˈsjo.zu/

Adjective

oficioso (feminine oficiosa, masculine plural oficiosos, feminine plural oficiosas, metaphonic)

1. obsequious
2. disinterested
3. unofficial

Derived terms

• oficiosamente

Related terms

• oficiosidade

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin officiōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ofiˈθjoso/ [o.fiˈθjo.so] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ofiˈsjoso/ [o.fiˈsjo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: o‧fi‧cio‧so

Adjective

oficioso (feminine oficiosa, masculine plural oficiosos, feminine plural oficiosas)

1. officious
2. unofficial

   Antonym: oficial

Derived terms

• oficiosamente

Related terms

• oficiosidad

Further reading

• “oficioso”, 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