formoso

See also: Formoso

Asturian

Adjective

formoso

1. neuter of formosu

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fōrmōsus (“beautiful, well-formed”) (compare Portuguese formoso, Spanish hermoso, Galician fermoso, Romanian frumos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /forˈmo.zo/, (traditional) /forˈmo.so/

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• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: for‧mó‧so
• (Romanesco) IPA^(key): /foɾmoso/

Adjective

formoso (feminine formosa, masculine plural formosi, feminine plural formose)

1. shapely, curvaceous, (rare, uncommon, dialectal, dated, archaic, obsolete) beautiful

Related terms

• forma
• formosità

Latin

Adjective

fōrmōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fōrmōsus

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fermoso (obsolete)
• fremoso (Trás-os-Montes)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fōrmōsus; replaced inherited Old Galician-Portuguese fremoso, fermoso (compare Italian formoso, Spanish hermoso, Galician fermoso, Romanian frumos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁˈmo.zu/ [foɦˈmo.zu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁˈmo.zu/ [foɦˈmo.zu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /foɾˈmo.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /foʁˈmo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foɻˈmo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾˈmo.zu/

• Hyphenation: for‧mo‧so

Adjective

formoso (feminine formosa, masculine plural formosos, feminine plural formosas, comparable, comparative mais formoso, superlative o mais formoso or formosíssimo, diminutive formosinho, augmentative formosão, metaphonic)

1. beautiful

   Synonyms: belo, lindo

Derived terms

• Formosa
• formosamente
• Ilha Formosa
• Vilar Formoso