afanoso
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.faˈno.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.faˈno.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.fɐˈno.zu/
Adjective
afanoso (feminine afanosa, masculine plural afanosos, feminine plural afanosas, metaphonic)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “afanoso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “afanoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /afaˈnoso/ [a.faˈno.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: a‧fa‧no‧so
Adjective
afanoso (feminine afanosa, masculine plural afanosos, feminine plural afanosas)
- industrious, laborious (hard-working and persistent)
- Synonyms: industrioso, laborioso
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “afanoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025