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Portuguese
Etymology
With haplology from piedade (“piety”) + -oso. From Old Galician-Portuguese piedoso, piadoso.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.eˈdo.zu/ , (faster pronunciation) /pjeˈdo.zu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.eˈdo.zu/ , (faster pronunciation) /pjeˈdo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.eˈdo.zo/ , (faster pronunciation) /pjeˈdo.zo/
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: pi‧e‧do‧so
Adjective
piedoso (feminine piedosa, masculine plural piedosos, feminine plural piedosas, comparable, comparative mais piedoso, superlative o mais piedoso or piedosíssimo, metaphonic)
- merciful (showing mercy)
- (of a person) merciful (prone to having mercy)
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