precioso

== Asturian == === Adjective === precioso neuter of preciosu == Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese precioso (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin pretiōsus. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -oso Hyphenation: pre‧cio‧so === Adjective === precioso (feminine preciosa, masculine plural preciosos, feminine plural preciosas) precious (of high value or worth) beautiful Synonyms: belo, fermoso ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “precioso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “precioso”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “precioso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “precioso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “precioso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese precioso, borrowed from Latin pretiōsus. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: pre‧ci‧o‧so === Adjective === precioso (feminine preciosa, masculine plural preciosos, feminine plural preciosas, metaphonic) precious (of high value or worth) ==== Derived terms ==== preciosamente === Noun === precioso m (plural preciosos, feminine preciosa, feminine plural preciosas, metaphonic) precious (someone (or something) who is loved) === Related terms === preço === Further reading === “precioso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “precioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin pretiōsus. By surface analysis, precio +‎ -oso. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɾeˈθjoso/ [pɾeˈθjo.so] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /pɾeˈsjoso/ [pɾeˈsjo.so] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -oso Syllabification: pre‧cio‧so === Adjective === precioso (feminine preciosa, masculine plural preciosos, feminine plural preciosas, superlative preciosísimo) precious Synonym: preciado gorgeous ¡Qué precioso paisaje! ― What a gorgeous landscape! Synonym: hermoso cute Synonyms: lindo, bonito ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “precioso”, 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