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Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tinhoso, from Latin tĭnĕōsus (“full of worms”). By surface analysis, tinha + -oso. Compare Galician tiñoso and Asturian tiñosu.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tinhoso (feminine tinhosa, masculine plural tinhosos, feminine plural tinhosas, metaphonic)
- having ringworms
- disgusting, repulsive
- stubborn, insistent
Noun
o tinhoso m
- (colloquial, epithetic, uncountable) the Devil
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