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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin gulōsus. By surface analysis, gula (“gluttony”) + -oso (“-ous”)
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: gu‧lo‧so
Adjective
guloso (feminine gulosa, masculine plural gulosos, feminine plural gulosas, comparable, comparative mais guloso, superlative o mais guloso or gulosíssimo, metaphonic)
- gluttonous; greedy (prone to excessive eating)
- Synonyms: voraz, ávido, zoião, guloso, esfomeado
- sweet-toothed (fond of sweet, sugar foods)
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