prestigioso

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin praestigiōsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pre.stiˈd͡ʒo.zo/, (traditional) /pre.stiˈd͡ʒo.so/
  • Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
  • Hyphenation: pre‧sti‧gió‧so

Adjective

prestigioso (feminine prestigiosa, masculine plural prestigiosi, feminine plural prestigiose)

  1. prestigious, famous, eminent

Derived terms

Further reading

  • prestigioso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin praestigiōsus.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾes.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈo.zu/ , (faster pronunciation) /pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒjo.zu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pɾeʃ.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈo.zu/ , (faster pronunciation) /pɾeʃ.t͡ʃiˈʒjo.zu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾes.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈo.zo/ , (faster pronunciation) /pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒjo.zo/

  • Hyphenation: pres‧ti‧gi‧o‧so

Adjective

prestigioso (feminine prestigiosa, masculine plural prestigiosos, feminine plural prestigiosas, metaphonic)

  1. prestigious (of high prestige)

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin praestīgiōsus (literally “full of deceitful tricks”), from Latin praestīgiae (“illusions, fantastic images, juggler's tricks”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾestiˈxjoso/
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: pres‧ti‧gio‧so

Adjective

prestigioso (feminine prestigiosa, masculine plural prestigiosos, feminine plural prestigiosas)

  1. prestigious, distinguished, famous, eminent

Descendants

  • → Cebuano: prestihiyoso
  • → Tagalog: prestihiyoso

Further reading

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