belicoso

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bellicōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.liˈko.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.liˈko.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.liˈko.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.liˈko.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: be‧li‧co‧so

Adjective

belicoso (feminine belicosa, masculine plural belicosos, feminine plural belicosas, metaphonic)

1. bellicose, warlike
2. Synonym of bélico

Derived terms

• belicosamente
• belicosidade

Noun

belicoso m (plural belicosos, metaphonic)

1. aggressive, combative, quarrelsome person

Further reading

• “belicoso”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “belicoso”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “belicoso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “belicoso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “belicoso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “belicoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bellicōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beliˈkoso/ [be.liˈko.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: be‧li‧co‧so

Adjective

belicoso (feminine belicosa, masculine plural belicosos, feminine plural belicosas)

1. bellicose, warlike

   Synonym: bélico

Related terms

• belicista
• belicosidad
• beligerancia
• beligerante

 

Further reading

• “belicoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28