formoso

formoso

1. neuter of formosu

From Latin fōrmōsus (“beautiful, well-formed”) (compare Portuguese formoso, Spanish hermoso, Galician fermoso, Romanian frumos).

• IPA^(key): /forˈmo.zo/, (traditional) /forˈmo.so/

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• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: for‧mó‧so

formoso (feminine formosa, masculine plural formosi, feminine plural formose)

1. shapely, curvaceous

• forma
• formosità

fōrmōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fōrmōsus

Learned borrowing from Latin fōrmōsus; replaced inherited Old Galician-Portuguese fremoso, fermoso (compare Italian formoso, Spanish hermoso, Galician fermoso, Romanian frumos).

• Hyphenation: for‧mo‧so

formoso (feminine formosa, masculine plural formosos, feminine plural formosas, comparable, comparative mais formoso, superlative o mais formoso or formosíssimo, diminutive formosinho, augmentative formosão, metaphonic)

1. beautiful

   Synonyms: belo, lindo