capcioso

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin captiōsus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kap.siˈo.zu/ [kap.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /kapˈsjo.zu/, /ka.pi.siˈo.zu/ [ka.pi.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ka.piˈsjo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kap.siˈo.zo/ [kap.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /kapˈsjo.zo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈpsjo.zu/

Rhymes: -ozu

Adjective

capcioso (feminine capciosa, masculine plural capciosos, feminine plural capciosas, metaphonic)

captious, sophistical
Synonyms: ardiloso, astucioso

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin captiōsus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /kabˈθjoso/ [kaβ̞ˈθjo.so]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kabˈsjoso/ [kaβ̞ˈsjo.so]
Rhymes: -oso
Syllabification: cap‧cio‧so

Adjective

capcioso (feminine capciosa, masculine plural capciosos, feminine plural capciosas)

loaded, misleading, tricky, deceptive
Esa es una pregunta capciosa.
That's a loaded question.

Further reading

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

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