petroso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin petrōsus. Doublet of pietroso.

Adjective

petroso (feminine petrosa, masculine plural petrosi, feminine plural petrose)

1. rocky, stony

   Synonyms: pietroso, sassoso

2. hard (as stone)

   Synonyms: insensibile, duro

Anagrams

• esporto, esportò, porteso, postero, posterò, proteso

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin petrōsus. Doublet of pedroso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈtɾo.zu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈtɾo.zu/

• Hyphenation: pe‧tro‧so

Adjective

petroso (feminine petrosa, masculine plural petrosos, feminine plural petrosas, metaphonic)

1. stony, rocky
2. petrous

Synonyms

• pedroso
• pétreo

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin petrōsus. Doublet of pedroso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈtɾoso/ [peˈt̪ɾo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: pe‧tro‧so

Adjective

petroso (feminine petrosa, masculine plural petrosos, feminine plural petrosas)

1. stony; rocky
2. (anatomy) petrous

Further reading

• “petroso”, 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