voluntarioso

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish voluntario

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Old Spanish -oso

Spanish -oso

Spanish voluntarioso

From voluntario + -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boluntaˈɾjoso/ [bo.lũn̪.t̪aˈɾjo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: vo‧lun‧ta‧rio‧so

Adjective

voluntarioso (feminine voluntariosa, masculine plural voluntariosos, feminine plural voluntariosas)

1. willing
2. willful

Related terms

• voluntad

Further reading

• “voluntarioso”, 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