grotesco
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡɾoˈtes.ku/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɡɾoˈteʃ.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡɾoˈtes.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɾuˈteʃ.ku/
- Hyphenation: gro‧tes‧co
Adjective
grotesco (feminine grotesca, masculine plural grotescos, feminine plural grotescas)
- grotesque (distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous)
Related terms
Further reading
- “grotesco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “grotesco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian grottesco.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɾoˈtesko/ [ɡɾoˈt̪es.ko]
- Rhymes: -esko
- Syllabification: gro‧tes‧co
Adjective
grotesco (feminine grotesca, masculine plural grotescos, feminine plural grotescas)
Further reading
- “grotesco”, 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