especioso

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin speciōsus (“good-looking”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.pe.siˈo.zu/ [is.pe.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /is.peˈsjo.zu/, /es.pe.siˈo.zu/ [es.pe.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /es.peˈsjo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.pe.siˈo.zu/ [is.pe.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /is.peˈsjo.zu/, /es.pe.siˈo.zu/ [es.pe.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /es.peˈsjo.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.pe.siˈo.zu/ [iʃ.pe.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.peˈsjo.zu/, /eʃ.pe.siˈo.zu/ [eʃ.pe.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.peˈsjo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.pe.siˈo.zo/ [es.pe.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /es.peˈsjo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.pɨˈsjo.zu/

• Hyphenation: es‧pe‧ci‧o‧so

Adjective

especioso (feminine especiosa, masculine plural especiosos, feminine plural especiosas, metaphonic)

1. specious (seemingly well-reasoned, but fallacious)

Spanish

Adjective

especioso (feminine especiosa, masculine plural especiosos, feminine plural especiosas)

1. pretty
2. specious

Further reading

• “especioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014