contenzioso

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contentiōsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kon.tenˈt͡sjo.zo/, (traditional) /kon.tenˈt͡sjo.so/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
  • Hyphenation: con‧ten‧zió‧so

Adjective

contenzioso (feminine contenziosa, masculine plural contenziosi, feminine plural contenziose)

  1. contentious

Noun

contenzioso m (plural contenziosi)

  1. legal department
  2. cases, causes

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ contenzioso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)