engenhoso
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly a semi-learned borrowing from Latin ingeniōsus.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: en‧ge‧nho‧so
Adjective
[edit]engenhoso (feminine engenhosa, masculine plural engenhosos, feminine plural engenhosas, comparable, comparative mais engenhoso, superlative o mais engenhoso or engenhosíssimo, metaphonic)
- ingenious (displaying genius or brilliance)
- ingenious (tending to invent)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “engenhoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
- Portuguese semi-learned borrowings from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
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