grosso

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See also: Grosso

Galician

Adjective

grosso (feminine grossa, masculine plural grossos, feminine plural grossas)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of groso

References

  • grosso” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin grossus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔs.so/
  • Rhymes: -ɔsso
  • Hyphenation: gròs‧so

Adjective

grosso (feminine grossa, masculine plural grossi, feminine plural grosse, superlative grossissimo, diminutive grossétto, augmentative grossóne)

  1. big, large
  2. fat
    Carlo il GrossoCharles the Fat
  3. thick
  4. heavy
    Synonym: massiccio
  5. rough (of the sea)

Derived terms

Noun

grosso m (plural grossi)

  1. the main part of something
  2. (numismatics) groschen

Further reading

  • grosso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • grosso on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

grossō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of grossus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese grosso, from Latin grossus, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷres-.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gros‧so

Adjective

grosso (feminine grossa, masculine plural grossos, feminine plural grossas, comparable, comparative mais grosso, superlative o mais grosso or grossíssimo, metaphonic)

  1. dense; thick (relatively great in extent from one surface to another)
  2. viscous; thick (having consistency between solid and liquid)
  3. crude; unrefined (of low quality)
  4. (of a person) rude; uncouth; uncivil (without manners)
  5. (of texture) rough (not plain; with friction)
  6. (of sound) deep (low in pitch)
  7. obscene; distasteful; vulgar (offensive to morality)
  8. (slang) aboundant (in high quantity)

Descendants

  • Kabuverdianu: grós
  • Ambonese Malay: garos
  • Manado Malay: goros

Further reading