pecaminoso
Portuguese
Etymology
From Late Latin peccāmen, from Latin peccō (“sin”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pe.ka.miˈno.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pe.ka.miˈno.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨ.kɐ.miˈno.zu/
- Hyphenation: pe‧ca‧mi‧no‧so
Adjective
pecaminoso (feminine pecaminosa, masculine plural pecaminosos, feminine plural pecaminosas, metaphonic)
Related terms
Further reading
- “pecaminoso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “pecaminoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin peccaminōsus (“sinful”), from Late Latin peccāmen (“fault, sin”), from Latin peccō (“to sin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pekamiˈnoso/ [pe.ka.miˈno.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: pe‧ca‧mi‧no‧so
Adjective
pecaminoso (feminine pecaminosa, masculine plural pecaminosos, feminine plural pecaminosas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “pecaminoso”, 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