labroso
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin labrosus. By surface analysis, labro + -oso.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /laˈbɾo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /laˈbɾo.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐˈbɾo.zu/ [lɐˈβɾo.zu]
Adjective
labroso (feminine labrosa, masculine plural labrosos, feminine plural labrosas, metaphonic)
- (zoology, rare) labrose (having thick lips; said of either edge of the aperture of a univalve shell)
Related terms
References
- “labroso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “labroso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026