pantanoso

Italian

Etymology

From pantano +‎ -oso.

Adjective

pantanoso (feminine pantanosa, masculine plural pantanosi, feminine plural pantanose)

1. marshy, boggy
2. muddy

Portuguese

Etymology

From pântano +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɐ̃.taˈno.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɐ̃.taˈno.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɐ̃.taˈno.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ̃.tɐˈno.zu/

• Hyphenation: pan‧ta‧no‧so

Adjective

pantanoso (feminine pantanosa, masculine plural pantanosos, feminine plural pantanosas, metaphonic)

1. swampy (resembling a swamp)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From pantano +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pantaˈnoso/ [pãn̪.t̪aˈno.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: pan‧ta‧no‧so

Adjective

pantanoso (feminine pantanosa, masculine plural pantanosos, feminine plural pantanosas)

1. swampy, marshy
2. tricky, tough

Further reading

• “pantanoso”, 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