obsequioso

Latin

Adjective

obsequiōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of obsequiōsus

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• obzequioso (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obsequiōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.ze.kiˈo.zu/ [ob.ze.kɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ob.zeˈkjo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.ze.kiˈo.zu/ [ob.ze.kɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ob.zeˈkjo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ob.ze.kiˈo.zo/ [ob.ze.kɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /ob.zeˈkjo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.bzɨˈkjo.zu/ [ɔ.βzɨˈkjo.zu]

Adjective

obsequioso (feminine obsequiosa, masculine plural obsequiosos, feminine plural obsequiosas, metaphonic)

1. obsequious; obedient (compliant with someone else’s orders)
2. obsequious; fawning; subservient

   Synonym: submisso

   • 1742, João de Barros, Chronica de Emperador Clarimundo, page 12:

     […] parecendo-me antes sacrîlego desacato, do que obzequioso tributo do meu affecto.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “obsequioso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “obsequioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin obsequiōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obseˈkjoso/ [oβ̞.seˈkjo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ob‧se‧quio‧so

Adjective

obsequioso (feminine obsequiosa, masculine plural obsequiosos, feminine plural obsequiosas)

1. obsequious

Derived terms

• obsequiosamente
• obsequiosidad

Related terms

• obsequiar

Further reading

• “obsequioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024