guloso

See also: gulošo, and guļošo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gulōsus. By surface analysis, gula (“gluttony”) +‎ -oso (“-ous”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuˈlo.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: gu‧lo‧so

Adjective

guloso (feminine gulosa, masculine plural gulosos, feminine plural gulosas, comparable, comparative mais guloso, superlative o mais guloso or gulosíssimo, metaphonic)

1. gluttonous; greedy (prone to excessive eating)

   Synonyms: voraz, ávido, zoião, guloso, esfomeado

2. sweet-toothed (fond of sweet, sugar foods)

Derived terms

• gulosamente

Related terms

• gula

Further reading

• “guloso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024