tenebroso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebra (“darkness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.neˈbro.zo/, (traditional) /te.neˈbro.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: te‧ne‧bró‧so

Adjective

tenebroso (feminine tenebrosa, masculine plural tenebrosi, feminine plural tenebrose)

1. dark, gloomy, creepy, anxiety-inducing
2. mysterious

Related terms

• tenebre
• tenebrosamente
• tenebrosità

 

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /te.neˈbroː.soː/, [t̪ɛnɛˈbroːs̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te.neˈbro.so/, [t̪eneˈbrɔːs̬o]

Adjective

tenebrōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tenebrōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebrae (“darkness”). Doublet of trevoso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.neˈbɾo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.neˈbɾo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /te.neˈbɾo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨ.nɨˈbɾo.zu/ [tɨ.nɨˈβɾo.zu]

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: te‧ne‧bro‧so

Adjective

tenebroso (feminine tenebrosa, masculine plural tenebrosos, feminine plural tenebrosas, metaphonic)

1. dark, gloomy

   Synonym: trevoso

2. frightful

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:amedrontador

3. tenebrous

Derived terms

• tenebrosamente

Related terms

• trevas

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebra (“darkness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teneˈbɾoso/ [t̪e.neˈβ̞ɾo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: te‧ne‧bro‧so

Adjective

tenebroso (feminine tenebrosa, masculine plural tenebrosos, feminine plural tenebrosas)

1. gloomy, dark

   Synonym: sombrío

Derived terms

• lechuza tenebrosa

 

Related terms

• tinieblas

 

Further reading

• “tenebroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28