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Etymology

Borrowed from French groseille, from Middle Dutch kroesels (“(curled) berries”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡroso/

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• Rhymes: -oso
• Hyphenation: gro‧so

Noun

groso (accusative singular groson, plural grosoj, accusative plural grosojn)

1. gooseberry

See also

• ribo

Galician

Alternative forms

• grosso (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese grosso (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin grossus. Cognate with Portuguese grosso and Spanish grueso.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾɔso/ [ˈɡɾɔ.s̺ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈɡɾɔso/ [ˈɡɾɔ.s̺ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈħɾɔso/ [ˈħɾɔ.s̺ʊ]

• Rhymes: -ɔso
• Hyphenation: gro‧so

Adjective

groso (feminine grosa, masculine plural grosos, feminine plural grosas)

1. large, big
2. thick
   • 1877, anonymous author, O tio Marcos da Portela, number 29:

     Axuntaronse os pais da Províncea, repoludos, grosos e ben mantidos ó parecer, máis ledos qu'os mozos nas trulladas, e máis falangueiros qu'unha rapaza de dazasete anos

     the fathers of the Province meet, plump, thick and well-fed, apparently happier than young men at a feast, and chattier than a seventeen years old girl

3. coarse, harsh, unrefined
4. (typography) bold

Synonyms

• (large): enorme, grande

Noun

groso m (plural grosos)

1. size, largeness
2. thickness

Related terms

• grosa
• grosor
• grosura

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “grosso”, 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), “grosso”, 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), “groso”, 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), “groso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “groso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “groso”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Portuguese

Verb

groso

1. first-person singular present indicative of grosar