apetitoso
Portuguese
Etymology
From apetite (“appetite”) + -oso.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pe.t͡ʃiˈto.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.pe.t͡ʃiˈto.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pɨ.tiˈto.zu/
- Hyphenation: a‧pe‧ti‧to‧so
Adjective
apetitoso (feminine apetitosa, masculine plural apetitosos, feminine plural apetitosas, comparable, comparative mais apetitoso, superlative o mais apetitoso or apetitosíssimo, metaphonic)
Further reading
- “apetitoso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “apetitoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apetiˈtoso/ [a.pe.t̪iˈt̪o.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: a‧pe‧ti‧to‧so
Adjective
apetitoso (feminine apetitosa, masculine plural apetitosos, feminine plural apetitosas)
- appetizing
- Synonym: apetecible
- tasty, savory, delicious
- (obsolete) keen on good food
Further reading
- “apetitoso”, 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