caloso

Portuguese

Alternative forms

calloso (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

From calo (“callus”) +‎ -oso (“-ous”)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈlo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈlo.zo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈlo.zu/

Rhymes: -ozu
Hyphenation: ca‧lo‧so

Adjective

caloso (feminine calosa, masculine plural calosos, feminine plural calosas, comparable, metaphonic)

callous (having calli)
Synonym: calejado
- 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Fuga [Escape]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎^[1], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 188:
  Os pés callosos, duros como cascos, mettidos em alpercatas novas, caminhariam mezes.
  His callous feet, hard as hooves, shoved into new espadrilles, would walk for months.

Derived terms

calosamente

Further reading

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