especioso

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin speciōsus (“good-looking”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ci‧o‧so === Adjective === especioso (feminine especiosa, masculine plural especiosos, feminine plural especiosas, metaphonic) specious (seemingly well-reasoned, but fallacious) === Further reading === “especioso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “especioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin speciōsus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /espeˈθjoso/ [es.peˈθjo.so] (Spain) IPA(key): /espeˈsjoso/ [es.peˈsjo.so] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -oso Syllabification: es‧pe‧cio‧so === Adjective === especioso (feminine especiosa, masculine plural especiosos, feminine plural especiosas) pretty specious === Further reading === “especioso”, 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