caprichoso
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio (“whim, fancy, caprice, quirk”). By surface analysis, capricho (“caprice, fancy”) + -oso.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.pɾiˈʃo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.pɾiˈʃo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.pɾiˈʃo.zu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.pɾiˈt͡ʃo.zu/
- Hyphenation: ca‧pri‧cho‧so
Adjective
caprichoso (feminine caprichosa, masculine plural caprichosos, feminine plural caprichosas, metaphonic)
- capricious (impulsive and unpredictable)
- who makes things with care
- who keeps things tidy
Derived terms
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio (“whim, fancy, caprice, quirk”). By surface analysis, capricho (“caprice, fancy”) + -oso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kapɾiˈt͡ʃoso/ [ka.pɾiˈt͡ʃo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: ca‧pri‧cho‧so
Adjective
caprichoso (feminine caprichosa, masculine plural caprichosos, feminine plural caprichosas)
- whimsical, capricious, wayward
- Synonym: antojadizo
Further reading
- “caprichoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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