portentoso

See also: Portentoso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin portentōsus, from portentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /por.tenˈto.zo/
• Rhymes: -ozo
• Hyphenation: por‧ten‧tó‧so

Adjective

portentoso (feminine portentosa, masculine plural portentosi, feminine plural portentose)

1. prodigious, wonderful, marvelous, portentous

Derived terms

• portentosamente

Related terms

• portento

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• sottoporne

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin portentōsus, from portentus. By surface analysis, portento +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁ.tẽˈto.zu/ [poh.tẽˈto.zu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁ.tẽˈto.zu/ [poh.tẽˈto.zu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /poɾ.tẽˈto.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʁ.tẽˈto.zu/ [poχ.tẽˈto.zu]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /poɻ.tẽˈto.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁ.tẽˈto.zo/ [poh.tẽˈto.zo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾ.tẽˈto.zu/

• Hyphenation: por‧ten‧to‧so

Adjective

portentoso (feminine portentosa, masculine plural portentosos, feminine plural portentosas, metaphonic)

1. prodigious, wonderful, marvelous, portentous

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin portentōsus, from portentus. By surface analysis, portento +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poɾtenˈtoso/ [poɾ.t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: por‧ten‧to‧so

Adjective

portentoso (feminine portentosa, masculine plural portentosos, feminine plural portentosas)

1. portentous
2. prodigious

   Synonym: prodigioso

3. wonderful, marvelous

   Synonym: maravilloso

Derived terms

• portentosamente

Related terms

• portento

Further reading

• “portentoso”, 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