precipitoso

Italian

Etymology

From precipite +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pre.t͡ʃi.piˈto.zo/
  • Rhymes: -ozo
• IPA^(key): (traditional) /pre.t͡ʃi.piˈto.so/
  • Rhymes: -oso
• Hyphenation: pre‧ci‧pi‧tó‧so

Adjective

precipitoso (feminine precipitosa, masculine plural precipitosi, feminine plural precipitose, superlative precipitosissimo, adverb precipitosamente)

1. hasty, rash, hurried
2. headlong
3. precipitous
4. untimely

Derived terms

• precipitosità

Anagrams

• oppositrice, posticiperò

Spanish

Adjective

precipitoso (feminine precipitosa, masculine plural precipitosos, feminine plural precipitosas)

1. (uncommon) precipitous

Further reading

• “precipitoso”, 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