moroso

Learned borrowing from Latin morōsus, from mora.

moroso (feminine morosa, masculine plural morosos, feminine plural morosas)

1. defaulting, delinquent (late or failing to pay a debt)

moroso m (plural morosos, feminine morosa, feminine plural morosas)

1. defaulter

• morosidade

• IPA^(key): /moˈro.zo/
• Rhymes: -ozo
• Hyphenation: mo‧ró‧so

From Late Latin morōsus.

moroso (feminine morosa, masculine plural morosi, feminine plural morose)

1. defaulting, in arrears

moroso m (plural morosi, feminine morosa)

1. defaulter

• mora
• morosità

Clipping of amoroso.

moroso m (plural morosi, feminine morosa)

1. (regional) boyfriend, lover, sweetheart

   Synonyms: innamorato, ragazzo

• moroso in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• moroso in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• moroso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /moːˈroː.soː/, [moːˈroːs̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈro.so/, [moˈrɔːs̬o]

mōrōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mōrōsus

From Latin morōsus, from mora.

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: mo‧ro‧so

moroso (feminine morosa, masculine plural morosos, feminine plural morosas, metaphonic)

1. slow, sluggish (having little motion)

   Synonyms: lento, vagaroso

2. time-consuming

• morosidade

• “moroso”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “moroso”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “moroso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “moroso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “moroso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “moroso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Borrowed from Latin morōsus, from mora.

• IPA^(key): /moˈɾoso/ [moˈɾo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: mo‧ro‧so

moroso (feminine morosa, masculine plural morosos, feminine plural morosas)

1. defaulting, delinquent (late or failing to pay a debt)

moroso m (plural morosos, feminine morosa, feminine plural morosas)

1. defaulter

• “moroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28