arenoso

From arena +‎ -oso, or from Latin arenōsus.

• IPA^(key): /a.reˈno.zo/, (traditional) /a.reˈno.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: a‧re‧nó‧so

arenoso (feminine arenosa, masculine plural arenosi, feminine plural arenose)

1. sandy

   Synonym: renoso

2. unsteady, unstable

   Synonym: malfermo

• onerosa

arēnōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of arēnōsus

Learned borrowing from Latin arēnōsus, harēnōsus (“sandy”), from arēna, harēna (“sand”).

• Hyphenation: a‧re‧no‧so

arenoso (feminine arenosa, masculine plural arenosos, feminine plural arenosas, metaphonic)

1. sandy (containing or covered by sand)

   Synonym: areento

2. sandy (sand-coloured)

• “arenoso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “arenoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Inherited from Latin arēnōsus.

• IPA^(key): /aɾeˈnoso/ [a.ɾeˈno.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: a‧re‧no‧so

arenoso (feminine arenosa, masculine plural arenosos, feminine plural arenosas)

1. sandy, arenose

• “arenoso”, 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
• Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “arenoso”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]