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Italian
Etymology
From Latin spīnōsus, or from spina + -oso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spiˈno.zo/, (traditional) /spiˈno.so/[1]
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: spi‧nó‧so
Adjective
spinoso (feminine spinosa, masculine plural spinosi, feminine plural spinose, superlative spinosissimo)
- prickly, thorny, spiny
- (figurative) thorny, ticklish, touchy
Noun
spinoso m (plural spinosi)
- (regional) Synonym of porcospino
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Latin
Adjective
spīnōsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of spīnōsus