a grosso modo
Portuguese
Etymology
From a + grosso modo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a ˈɡɾo.su ˈmɔ.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a ˈɡɾo.so ˈmɔ.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ ˈɡɾo.su ˈmɔ.du/ [ɐ ˈɣɾo.su ˈmɔ.ðu]
Adverb
- (proscribed) roughly speaking
- Synonyms: grosso modo, de grosso modo, em grosso modo
Spanish
Etymology
From a + grosso modo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a ˌɡɾoso ˈmodo/ [a ˌɣ̞ɾo.so ˈmo.ð̞o]
- IPA(key): /a ˌɡɾosso ˈmodo/ [a ˌɣ̞ɾos.so ˈmo.ð̞o]
- Syllabification: a gros‧so mo‧do
Adverb
- (proscribed) grosso modo
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:aproximadamente
Further reading
- «grosso modo», no «a grosso modo» | FundéuRAE
- Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “grosso modo”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]