guloso

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See also: gulošo and guļošo

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)

  1. gluttonous; greedy (prone to excessive eating)
    Synonyms: voraz, (slang) zoião, esfomeado
  2. sweet-toothed (fond of sweet, sugar foods)

Inflection

guloso
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
positive guloso gulosa gulosos gulosas
comparative mais guloso mais gulosa mais gulosos mais gulosas
superlative gulosíssimo gulosíssima gulosíssimos gulosíssimas
augmentative gulosão gulosona gulosões gulosonas
diminutive gulosinho gulosinha gulosinhos gulosinhas

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