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Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 16th century. From ventura + -oso (“fortune”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
venturoso (feminine venturosa, masculine plural venturosos, feminine plural venturosas)
- fortunate, lucky
1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:benturossa foi a cassa
que tal carne coziñou
pois que non se enpezoñou- fortunate was the home
that such meat cooked
if it didn't get poisoned
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “venturoso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “venturoso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Italian
Etymology
From ventura (“luck, fortune”) + -oso (“-ous”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ven.tuˈro.zo/
- Rhymes: -ozo
- Hyphenation: ven‧tu‧ró‧so
Adjective
venturoso (feminine venturosa, masculine plural venturosi, feminine plural venturose)
- (poetic) fortunate, lucky
- Synonyms: (archaic) avventurato, (literary) avventuroso, fortunato
- Antonyms: (regional) iellato, (colloquial) scalognato, (colloquial) sfigato, sfortunato, sventurato
1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “I. All'Italia [1. To Italy]”, in Canti, Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 5, lines 61–67:Oh venturose e care e benedette
l’antiche etá, che a morte
per la patria correan le genti a squadre- Oh fortunate, and blessed, and dear the ancient days, when our people rushed to die in ranks for their homeland
Derived terms
Further reading
- venturoso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Etymology
From ventura + -oso.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: ven‧tu‧ro‧so
Adjective
venturoso (feminine venturosa, masculine plural venturosos, feminine plural venturosas, metaphonic)
- fortunate, lucky
Spanish
Etymology
From ventura + -oso.
Adjective
venturoso (feminine venturosa, masculine plural venturosos, feminine plural venturosas)
- fortunate, lucky
- stormy
Further reading