mercuroso

Italian

Etymology

From mercurio +‎ -oso.

Adjective

mercuroso (feminine mercurosa, masculine plural mercurosi, feminine plural mercurose)

(inorganic chemistry) mercurous

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁ.kuˈɾo.zu/ [meh.kuˈɾo.zu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meɾ.kuˈɾo.zu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meʁ.kuˈɾo.zu/ [meχ.kuˈɾo.zu]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /meɻ.kuˈɾo.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁ.kuˈɾo.zo/ [meh.kuˈɾo.zo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾ.kuˈɾo.zu/

Hyphenation: mer‧cu‧ro‧so

Adjective

mercuroso (feminine mercurosa, masculine plural mercurosos, feminine plural mercurosas, metaphonic)

(inorganic chemistry) mercurous

Further reading

“mercuroso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“mercuroso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026