hercúleo
See also: herculeo
Asturian
Adjective
hercúleo
- neuter of herculeu
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin Herculeus.[1] Compare Catalan herculi and Italian erculeo. By surface analysis, Hércules + -eo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /eʁˈku.le.u/ [ehˈku.le.u]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /eɾˈku.le.u/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /eʁˈku.le.u/ [eχˈku.le.u]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /eɻˈku.le.u/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /eʁˈku.le.o/ [ehˈku.le.o]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɛɾˈku.lju/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -uleu, (Portugal) -ulju
- Hyphenation: her‧cú‧le‧o
Adjective
hercúleo (feminine hercúlea, masculine plural hercúleos, feminine plural hercúleas)
- of or pertaining to Hercules
- Herculean (of extraordinary might, power, size, etc.)
- Herculean (requiring a huge amount of work)
Synonyms
- herácleo
- herculâneo
- herculano
References
- ^ “hercúleo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
Further reading
- “hercúleo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “hercúleo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Adjective
hercúleo (feminine hercúlea, masculine plural hercúleos, feminine plural hercúleas)
Further reading
- “hercúleo”, 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