contencioso
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contentiōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tẽ.siˈo.zu/ [kõ.tẽ.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tẽˈsjo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tẽ.siˈo.zo/ [kõ.tẽ.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.tẽˈsjo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tẽˈsjo.zu/
- Hyphenation: con‧ten‧ci‧o‧so
Adjective
contencioso (feminine contenciosa, masculine plural contenciosos, feminine plural contenciosas, metaphonic)
Related terms
Further reading
- “contencioso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “contencioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin contentiōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kontenˈθjoso/ [kõn̪.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjo.so] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /kontenˈsjoso/ [kõn̪.t̪ẽnˈsjo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: con‧ten‧cio‧so
Adjective
contencioso (feminine contenciosa, masculine plural contenciosos, feminine plural contenciosas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “contencioso”, 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