precioso

Asturian

Adjective

precioso

1. neuter of preciosu

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese precioso (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin pretiōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈθjoso/ [pɾeˈθjo.s̺ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /pɾeˈθjoso/ [pɾeˈθjo.s̺ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /pɾeˈsjoso/ [pɾeˈsjo.sʊ]

• Rhymes: -oso
• Hyphenation: pre‧cio‧so

Adjective

precioso (feminine preciosa, masculine plural preciosos, feminine plural preciosas)

1. precious (of high value or worth)
2. beautiful

   Synonyms: belo, fermoso

Derived terms

• preciosidade

Related terms

• prezo

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “precioso”, 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), “precios”, 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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “precioso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “precioso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “precioso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese precioso, borrowed from Latin pretiōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.siˈo.zu/ [pɾe.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /pɾeˈsjo.zu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈsjo.zu/

• Hyphenation: pre‧ci‧o‧so

Adjective

precioso (feminine preciosa, masculine plural preciosos, feminine plural preciosas, metaphonic)

1. precious (of high value or worth)

Derived terms

• preciosamente

Noun

precioso m (plural preciosos, feminine preciosa, feminine plural preciosas, metaphonic)

1. precious (someone (or something) who is loved)

Related terms

• preço

Further reading

• “precioso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “precioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pretiōsus. By surface analysis, precio +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈθjoso/ [pɾeˈθjo.so] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈsjoso/ [pɾeˈsjo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: pre‧cio‧so

Adjective

precioso (feminine preciosa, masculine plural preciosos, feminine plural preciosas, superlative preciosísimo)

1. precious

   Synonym: preciado

2. gorgeous

   Synonym: hermoso

3. cute

   Synonyms: lindo, bonito

Derived terms

• metal precioso
• piedra preciosa

Related terms

• apreciar
• precio
• preciosidad
• preciosura
• semiprecioso

Further reading

• “precioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024