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Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ravioso, with metathesis, from Latin rabiōsus.[1] By surface analysis, raiva + -oso.[2] Compare Galician rabioso.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: rai‧vo‧so
Adjective
raivoso (feminine raivosa, masculine plural raivosos, feminine plural raivosas, metaphonic)
- angry, enraged
O presidente respondeu ao jornalista num tom raivoso.- The president replied to the journalist in an angry tone.
- rabid
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