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Asturian
Adjective
formoso
- neuter of formosu
Italian
Etymology
From Latin fōrmōsus (“beautiful, well-formed”) (compare Portuguese formoso, Spanish hermoso, Galician fermoso, Romanian frumos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /forˈmo.zo/, (traditional) /forˈmo.so/
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: for‧mó‧so
Adjective
formoso (feminine formosa, masculine plural formosi, feminine plural formose)
- shapely, curvaceous
Latin
Adjective
fōrmōsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fōrmōsus
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin fōrmōsus; replaced inherited Old Galician-Portuguese fremoso, fermoso (compare Italian formoso, Spanish hermoso, Galician fermoso, Romanian frumos).
Pronunciation
Adjective
formoso (feminine formosa, masculine plural formosos, feminine plural formosas, comparable, comparative mais formoso, superlative o mais formoso or formosíssimo, diminutive formosinho, augmentative formosão, metaphonic)
- beautiful
Derived terms