contencioso
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin contentiōsus.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: con‧ten‧ci‧o‧so
=== Adjective ===
contencioso (feminine contenciosa, masculine plural contenciosos, feminine plural contenciosas, metaphonic)
contentious
litigious
==== Related terms ====
contenção
contender
=== Further reading ===
“contencioso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“contencioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin contentiōsus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kontenˈθjoso/ [kõn̪.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjo.so] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
IPA(key): /kontenˈsjoso/ [kõn̪.t̪ẽnˈsjo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -oso
Syllabification: con‧ten‧cio‧so
=== Adjective ===
contencioso (feminine contenciosa, masculine plural contenciosos, feminine plural contenciosas)
contentious
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“contencioso”, 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