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Latin
Adjective
obsequiōsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of obsequiōsus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin obsequiōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ob.ze.kiˈo.zu/ , (faster pronunciation) /ob.zeˈkjo.zu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ob.ze.kiˈo.zu/ , (faster pronunciation) /ob.zeˈkjo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ob.ze.kiˈo.zo/ , (faster pronunciation) /ob.zeˈkjo.zo/
Adjective
obsequioso (feminine obsequiosa, masculine plural obsequiosos, feminine plural obsequiosas, metaphonic)
- obsequious; obedient (compliant with someone else’s orders)
- obsequious; fawning; subservient
- Synonym: submisso
1742, João de Barros, Chronica de Emperador Clarimundo, page 12:[…] parecendo-me antes sacrîlego desacato, do que obzequioso tributo do meu affecto.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin obsequiōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /obseˈkjoso/
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: ob‧se‧quio‧so
Adjective
obsequioso (feminine obsequiosa, masculine plural obsequiosos, feminine plural obsequiosas)
- obsequious
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