orgulloso

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish orgulloso (“proud”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: or‧gu‧llo‧so

Adjective

orgulloso

1. proud

Related terms

• orgullo

Galician

Alternative forms

• orgulhoso (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese orgulloso (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): orgullo (“pride”) +‎ -oso. Compare Portuguese orgulhoso and Spanish orgulloso.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɔɾɡuˈɟoso/ [ɔɾ.ɣ̞uˈɟo.s̺ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɔɾɡuˈɟoso/ [ɔɾ.ɣ̞uˈɟo.s̺ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ɔɾħuˈɟoso/ [ɔɾ.ħuˈɟo.s̺ʊ]

• Rhymes: -oso
• Hyphenation: or‧gu‧llo‧so

Adjective

orgulloso (feminine orgullosa, masculine plural orgullosos, feminine plural orgullosas)

1. proud
2. haughty, arrogant, prideful

Related terms

• orgullo

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “orgulloso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “orgulloso”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “orgulloso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “orgulloso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “orgulloso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish orgullo

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 orgulloso

From orgullo + -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oɾɡuˈʝoso/ [oɾ.ɣ̞uˈʝo.so]

• IPA^(key): /oɾɡuˈʝoso/ [oɾ.ɣ̞uˈʝo.so] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /oɾɡuˈʎoso/ [oɾ.ɣ̞uˈʎo.so] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /oɾɡuˈʃoso/ [oɾ.ɣ̞uˈʃo.so] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /oɾɡuˈʒoso/ [oɾ.ɣ̞uˈʒo.so] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /oɾɡuˈjoso/ [oɾ.ɣ̞uˈjo.so] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

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• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: or‧gu‧llo‧so

Adjective

orgulloso (feminine orgullosa, masculine plural orgullosos, feminine plural orgullosas, superlative orgullosísimo)

1. proud

   Synonym: ancho

2. prideful, arrogant, haughty

   Synonyms: soberbio, arrogante

Related terms

• enorgullecer

Further reading

• “orgulloso”, 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