-oso

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese -oso, from Latin -ōsus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoso/ [ˈo.s̺ʊ] Rhymes: -oso Hyphenation: -o‧so === Suffix === -oso (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -osa, masculine plural -osos, feminine plural -osas) -ous, -ful, -y ‎cobiza (“greed”) + ‎-oso → ‎cobizoso (“covetous; greedy”) ‎verme (“worm, maggot”) + ‎-oso → ‎vermioso (“wormy, maggoty”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “oso”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin -ōsus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈo.zo/, (traditional) /ˈo.so/ Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso Hyphenation: -ó‧so === Suffix === -oso (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -osa, masculine plural -osi, feminine plural -ose) -ous, -ful, -y Synonym: -uoso ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === -oso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Latin == === Suffix === -ōsō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -ōsus == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese -oso, from Latin -ōsus. === Pronunciation === === Suffix === -oso (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -osa, masculine plural -osos, feminine plural -osas, metaphonic) -ous, -y, -ful ==== Usage notes ==== All derived adjectives in -oso are metaphonic, i.e. stressed /o/ changes to /ɔ/ in the feminine and plural. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-oso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “-oso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish -oso, from Latin -ōsus. === Suffix === -oso (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -osa, masculine plural -osos, feminine plural -osas) -ous, -ful, -y ‎carne (“flesh”) + ‎-oso → ‎carnoso (“fleshy”) ‎dolor (“pain”) + ‎-oso → ‎doloroso (“painful”) ‎gloria (“glory”) + ‎-oso → ‎glorioso (“glorious”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-oso”, 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