espantoso

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese espantoso (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): diachronically espanto +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [espanˈtosʊ]

Adjective

espantoso (feminine espantosa, masculine plural espantosos, feminine plural espantosas)

1. dreadful
2. terrifying

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “espantoso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “espantoso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “espantoso”, 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), “espantoso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “espantoso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From espanto (“amazement”) +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.pɐ̃ˈto.zu/, /es.pɐ̃ˈto.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.pɐ̃ˈto.zu/, /es.pɐ̃ˈto.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.pɐ̃ˈto.zu/, /eʃ.pɐ̃ˈto.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.pɐ̃ˈto.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɐ̃ˈto.zu/

• Hyphenation: es‧pan‧to‧so

Adjective

espantoso (feminine espantosa, masculine plural espantosos, feminine plural espantosas, metaphonic)

1. amazing

   Synonym: incrível

Related terms

• espanto
• espantar

Spanish

Etymology

From espanto (“fright”) +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /espanˈtoso/ [es.pãn̪ˈt̪o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: es‧pan‧to‧so

Adjective

espantoso (feminine espantosa, masculine plural espantosos, feminine plural espantosas)

1. ghastly, gruesome, dreadful, awful, godawful, horrific, horrendous, horrible, terrible

   Synonyms: horrible, horripilante, horroroso, horrendo, terrible

2. frightful, frightening, scary, fearful, terrifying, shocking

   Synonyms: aterrador, terrorífico

3. hideous, appalling, atrocious, horrid

   Synonym: atroz

Further reading

• “espantoso”, 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