sequioso

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sequioso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.kiˈo.zu/ [se.kɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /seˈkjo.zu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈkjo.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: se‧qui‧o‧so

Adjective

sequioso (feminine sequiosa, masculine plural sequiosos, feminine plural sequiosas, metaphonic)

1. thirsty

   Synonym: sedento

2. avid

Further reading

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