tenebroso

== Italian == === Etymology === From Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebra (“darkness”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /te.neˈbro.zo/, (traditional) /te.neˈbro.so/ Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso Hyphenation: te‧ne‧bró‧so === Adjective === tenebroso (feminine tenebrosa, masculine plural tenebrosi, feminine plural tenebrose) dark, gloomy, creepy, anxiety-inducing mysterious ==== Related terms ==== == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛ.nɛˈbroː.soː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [te.neˈbrɔː.s̬o] === Adjective === tenebrōsō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tenebrōsus == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebrae (“darkness”). Doublet of trevoso. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ozu Hyphenation: te‧ne‧bro‧so === Adjective === tenebroso (feminine tenebrosa, masculine plural tenebrosos, feminine plural tenebrosas, metaphonic) dark, gloomy Synonym: trevoso frightful Synonyms: see Thesaurus:amedrontador tenebrous ==== Derived terms ==== tenebrosamente ==== Related terms ==== trevas === Further reading === “tenebroso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tenebroso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebra (“darkness”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /teneˈbɾoso/ [t̪e.neˈβ̞ɾo.so] Rhymes: -oso Syllabification: te‧ne‧bro‧so === Adjective === tenebroso (feminine tenebrosa, masculine plural tenebrosos, feminine plural tenebrosas) gloomy, dark, tenebrous Synonym: sombrío ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “tenebroso”, 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