vertiginoso

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vertīginōsus, derived from vertīgō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ver.ti.d͡ʒiˈno.zo/, (traditional) /ver.ti.d͡ʒiˈno.so/
  • Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
  • Hyphenation: ver‧ti‧gi‧nó‧so

Adjective

vertiginoso (feminine vertiginosa, masculine plural vertiginosi, feminine plural vertiginose)

  1. dizzy, dizzying, vertiginous, giddy
  2. enormous, stunning, staggering, plunging
  3. explosive, rapid, breakneck

Derived terms

Latin

Adjective

vertīginōsō

  1. dative/ablative singular masculine/neuter of vertīginōsus

Noun

vertīginōsō m

  1. dative/ablative singular of vertīginōsus

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vertiginōsus, from vertīgō (“dizziness”), from vertō (“to revolve”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -ozu
  • Hyphenation: ver‧ti‧gi‧no‧so

Adjective

vertiginoso (feminine vertiginosa, masculine plural vertiginosos, feminine plural vertiginosas, metaphonic)

  1. vertiginous (inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo)
    Synonyms: atordoante, estonteante, tonteante
  2. (figurative) happening very fast and intensely

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vertiginōsus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beɾtixiˈnoso/
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: ver‧ti‧gi‧no‧so

Adjective

vertiginoso (feminine vertiginosa, masculine plural vertiginosos, feminine plural vertiginosas)

  1. vertiginous (pertaining or related to vertigo)
  2. dizzying, vertiginous, giddy (inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo, or dizzyness)
    Synonym: mareante
  3. suffering from vertigo
    Synonym: mareado

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