curioso

curioso

1. A collector or admirer of curios.

Borrowed from Latin cūriōsus.

• IPA^(key): /kuˈrjo.zo/, (traditional) /kuˈrjo.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: cu‧rió‧so

curioso (feminine curiosa, masculine plural curiosi, feminine plural curiose)

1. curious
2. inquisitive

• curiosare
• curiosamente
• incuriosire

• curiosità

curioso m (plural curiosi, feminine curiosa)

1. busybody, nosy parker
2. rubbernecker

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

curioso

1. first-person singular present indicative of curiosare

cūriōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cūriōsus

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese curioso, from Latin cūriōsus.

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: cu‧ri‧o‧so

curioso (feminine curiosa, masculine plural curiosos, feminine plural curiosas, diminutive curiosinho, metaphonic)

2. curious; inquisitive (tending to ask questions, investigate or explore)
4. curious; odd; out of the ordinary

   Synonyms: estranho, bizarro

curioso m (plural curiosos, feminine curiosa, feminine plural curiosas, metaphonic)

2. one who is curious, inquisitive
3. rubbernecker
   • 2026 January 25, Giovanna Kunz, “Hotel Torre Palace é implodido e atrai curiosos ao Setor Hoteleiro Norte [Torre Palace Hotel is imploded and attracts rubberneckers to the Northern Hotel Sector]”, in Correio Braziliense‎^[1], Brasília, archived from the original on 25 January 2026:

     Mesmo com as restrições, o evento atraiu moradores e curiosos, que se concentraram em pontos considerados seguros, especialmente em trechos próximos à Torre de TV, de onde era possível acompanhar a implosão com boa visibilidade.

     Even with resctrictions, the event attracted residents and rubberneckers, that gathered in places regarded safe, specially in stretches near the TV tower, where it was possible to watch the implosion with good visibility.

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

Borrowed from Latin cūriōsus.

• IPA^(key): /kuˈɾjoso/ [kuˈɾjo.so]

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• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: cu‧rio‧so

curioso (feminine curiosa, masculine plural curiosos, feminine plural curiosas)

1. curious, inquisitive (person)
2. interesting
3. funny, strange, odd
4. quaint

curioso m (plural curiosos, feminine curiosa, feminine plural curiosas)

1. gawker, onlooker

• “curioso”, 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