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Italian
Etymology
From Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebra (“darkness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te.neˈbro.zo/, (traditional) /te.neˈbro.so/
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: te‧ne‧bró‧so
Adjective
tenebroso (feminine tenebrosa, masculine plural tenebrosi, feminine plural tenebrose)
- dark, gloomy, creepy, anxiety-inducing
- mysterious
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
tenebrōsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tenebrōsus
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebrae (“darkness”). Doublet of trevoso.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: te‧ne‧bro‧so
Adjective
tenebroso (feminine tenebrosa, masculine plural tenebrosos, feminine plural tenebrosas, metaphonic)
- dark, gloomy
- Synonym: trevoso
- frightful
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:amedrontador
- tenebrous
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin tenebrōsus, from tenebra (“darkness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teneˈbɾoso/
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: te‧ne‧bro‧so
Adjective
tenebroso (feminine tenebrosa, masculine plural tenebrosos, feminine plural tenebrosas)
- gloomy, dark
- Synonym: sombrío
Derived terms
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