belicoso

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bellicōsus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.liˈko.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.liˈko.zo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.liˈko.zu/

Rhymes: -ozu
Hyphenation: be‧li‧co‧so

Adjective

belicoso (feminine belicosa, masculine plural belicosos, feminine plural belicosas, metaphonic)

bellicose, warlike
Synonym of bélico

Derived terms

belicosamente
belicosidade

Noun

belicoso m (plural belicosos, metaphonic)

aggressive, combative, quarrelsome person

Further reading

“belicoso” in iDicionário Aulete.
“belicoso” in Dicionário inFormal.
“belicoso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“belicoso” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
“belicoso” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
“belicoso” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bellicōsus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /beliˈkoso/ [be.liˈko.so]
Rhymes: -oso
Syllabification: be‧li‧co‧so

Adjective

belicoso (feminine belicosa, masculine plural belicosos, feminine plural belicosas)

bellicose, warlike
Synonym: bélico

Related terms

Further reading

“belicoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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