bondoso

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Portuguese

Etymology

From bondade (goodness) +‎ -oso (-ous). Piecewise doublet of bondadoso.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ozu
  • Hyphenation: bon‧do‧so

Adjective

bondoso (feminine bondosa, masculine plural bondosos, feminine plural bondosas, metaphonic)

  1. good, kind, benevolent
    Synonym: bondadoso
    • 1859, Casimiro de Abreu, Pois não é?!:
      Ver cair o cedro anoso
      Que campeava na serra,
      Ver frio baixar à terra
      O pobre velho bondoso
      Seeing the year-old cedar fall
      That prevailed in the mountains,
      Seeing cold fall to the ground
      The poor good old man