pastoso

Italian

Etymology

From pasta +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pasˈto.zo/, (traditional) /pasˈto.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: pa‧stó‧so

Adjective

pastoso (feminine pastosa, masculine plural pastosi, feminine plural pastose)

1. doughy, pasty
2. mellow
3. dense

Derived terms

• pastosità

Descendants

• → German: pastos

Further reading

• pastoso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• sposato

Portuguese

Etymology

From pasta +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pasˈto.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pasˈto.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paʃˈto.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pasˈto.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʃˈto.zu/

• Hyphenation: pas‧to‧so

Adjective

pastoso (feminine pastosa, masculine plural pastosos, feminine plural pastosas, metaphonic)

1. doughy, pasty
2. thick, viscous

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pasˈtoso/ [pasˈt̪o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: pas‧to‧so

Adjective

pastoso (feminine pastosa, masculine plural pastosos, feminine plural pastosas)

1. thick, viscous

Further reading

• “pastoso”, 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