pedroso

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin petrōsus. Doublet of petroso. By surface analysis, pedra +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ozu

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈdɾo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈdɾo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈdɾo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈdɾo.zu/ [pɨˈðɾo.zu]

• Hyphenation: pe‧dro‧so

Adjective

pedroso (feminine pedrosa, masculine plural pedrosos, feminine plural pedrosas, metaphonic)

1. stony, rocky

   Synonyms: petroso, pétreo

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin petrōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈdɾoso/ [peˈð̞ɾo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: pe‧dro‧so

Adjective

pedroso (feminine pedrosa, masculine plural pedrosos, feminine plural pedrosas)

1. (rare) stony; rocky

   Synonym: rocoso

Further reading

• “pedroso”, 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