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Portuguese
Etymology
From espírito + -oso.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pi.ɾi.tuˈo.zu/ , (faster pronunciation) /is.pi.ɾiˈtwo.zu/, /es.pi.ɾi.tuˈo.zu/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.pi.ɾiˈtwo.zu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.pi.ɾi.tuˈo.zu/ , (faster pronunciation) /is.pi.ɾiˈtwo.zu/, /es.pi.ɾi.tuˈo.zu/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.pi.ɾiˈtwo.zu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.pi.ɾi.tuˈo.zu/ , (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.pi.ɾiˈtwo.zu/, /eʃ.pi.ɾi.tuˈo.zu/ , (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.pi.ɾiˈtwo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.pi.ɾi.tuˈo.zo/ , (faster pronunciation) /es.pi.ɾiˈtwo.zo/
- Hyphenation: es‧pi‧ri‧tu‧o‧so
Adjective
espirituoso (feminine espirituosa, masculine plural espirituosos, feminine plural espirituosas, metaphonic)
- witty, cleverly jocular
- funny, comical
- Synonyms: engraçado, divertido, jocoso, jovial
- (of a person) learned, having knowledge
- Synonyms: culto, entendido, conhecedor
- (of a beverage) spirituous, containing alcohol
- Synonym: alcoólico
Spanish
Adjective
espirituoso (feminine espirituosa, masculine plural espirituosos, feminine plural espirituosas)
- spirituous; strongly alcoholic
- Synonym: espiritoso
2015 September 19, “Un banquero en el paraíso del gin-tonic”, in El País:Los últimos datos de la patronal del sector señalan que el whisky y el ron siguen siendo las bebidas espirituosas más consumidas en España, aunque la ginebra les pisa los talones con unas tasas de crecimiento que no alcanzan las otras dos.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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