escamoso
Portuguese
Etymology
From escama + -oso, or from Latin squāmōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.kaˈmo.zu/, /es.kaˈmo.zu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.kaˈmo.zu/, /eʃ.kaˈmo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.kaˈmo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐˈmo.zu/
- Hyphenation: es‧ca‧mo‧so
Adjective
escamoso (feminine escamosa, masculine plural escamosos, feminine plural escamosas, metaphonic)
Further reading
- “escamoso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “escamoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin squāmōsus. By surface analysis, escama + -oso. Compare English squamous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskaˈmoso/ [es.kaˈmo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: es‧ca‧mo‧so
Adjective
escamoso (feminine escamosa, masculine plural escamosos, feminine plural escamosas)
Further reading
- “escamoso”, 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