insulso
التعريفات والمعاني
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin īnsulsus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /inˈsul.so/
Rhymes: -ulso
Hyphenation: in‧sùl‧so
=== Adjective ===
insulso (feminine insulsa, masculine plural insulsi, feminine plural insulse, superlative insulsissimo)
dull, silly, foolish
Synonym: sciocco
insipid, namby-pamby
Synonym: insipido
==== Derived terms ====
insulsaggine
insulsamente
=== Further reading ===
insulso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
=== Anagrams ===
Lussino, lussino
== Latin ==
=== Adjective ===
īnsulsō
dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īnsulsus
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin īnsulsus (literally “unsalted”). Doublet of insosso.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -uwsu, -ulsu
Hyphenation: in‧sul‧so
=== Adjective ===
insulso (feminine insulsa, masculine plural insulsos, feminine plural insulsas)
unsalted, tasteless
(figuratively) which is not funny; clumsy
=== Further reading ===
“insulso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin īnsulsus (“unsalted”). Doublet of soso.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /inˈsulso/ [ĩnˈsul.so]
Rhymes: -ulso
Syllabification: in‧sul‧so
=== Adjective ===
insulso (feminine insulsa, masculine plural insulsos, feminine plural insulsas)
insipid, bland
Synonyms: insípido, soso
ungracious
dull, boring
Synonym: soso
=== Further reading ===
“insulso”, 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