incestuoso
Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin incestuōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.t͡ʃes.tuˈo.zo/, (traditional) /in.t͡ʃes.tuˈo.so/
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: in‧ce‧stu‧ó‧so
Adjective
incestuoso (feminine incestuosa, masculine plural incestuosi, feminine plural incestuose)
- (relational) incest; incestuous
Derived terms
Related terms
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin incestuōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.ses.tuˈo.zu/ [ĩ.ses.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.sesˈtwo.zu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.seʃ.tuˈo.zu/ [ĩ.seʃ.tʊˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.seʃˈtwo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.ses.tuˈo.zo/ [ĩ.ses.tʊˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.sesˈtwo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.sɨʃˈtwo.zu/
- Hyphenation: in‧ces‧tu‧o‧so
Adjective
incestuoso (feminine incestuosa, masculine plural incestuosos, feminine plural incestuosas, metaphonic)
Further reading
- “incestuoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin incestuōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inθesˈtwoso/ [ĩn̟.θesˈt̪wo.so] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /insesˈtwoso/ [ĩn.sesˈt̪wo.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: in‧ces‧tuo‧so
Adjective
incestuoso (feminine incestuosa, masculine plural incestuosos, feminine plural incestuosas)
- incestuous
- 2015 July 26, “Sexo, drogas y acné: el cine adolescente salvaje”, in El País[1]:
- Bertolucci no rehuía la mirada de las jeringuillas, las masturbaciones o las relaciones incestuosas en otra demoledora película sobre la adolescencia rota.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “incestuoso”, 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