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Asturian
Adjective
precioso
- neuter of preciosu
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese precioso (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin pretiōsus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
precioso (feminine preciosa, masculine plural preciosos, feminine plural preciosas)
- precious (of high value or worth)
- beautiful
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “precioso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “precios”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “precioso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “precioso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “precioso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese precioso, borrowed from Latin pretiōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.siˈo.zu/ , (faster pronunciation) /pɾeˈsjo.zu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.siˈo.zu/ , (faster pronunciation) /pɾeˈsjo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾe.siˈo.zo/ , (faster pronunciation) /pɾeˈsjo.zo/
Adjective
precioso (feminine preciosa, masculine plural preciosos, feminine plural preciosas, metaphonic)
- precious (of high value or worth)
Derived terms
Noun
precioso m (plural preciosos, feminine preciosa, feminine plural preciosas, metaphonic)
- precious (someone (or something) who is loved)
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pretiōsus. By surface analysis, precio + -oso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾeˈθjoso/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾeˈsjoso/
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: pre‧cio‧so
Adjective
precioso (feminine preciosa, masculine plural preciosos, feminine plural preciosas, superlative preciosísimo)
- gorgeous
- cute
- precious
Derived terms
Further reading