escamoso

Portuguese

Etymology

From escama +‎ -oso, or from Latin squāmōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kaˈmo.zu/, /es.kaˈmo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kaˈmo.zu/, /es.kaˈmo.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kaˈmo.zu/, /eʃ.kaˈmo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kaˈmo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐˈmo.zu/

• Hyphenation: es‧ca‧mo‧so

Adjective

escamoso (feminine escamosa, masculine plural escamosos, feminine plural escamosas, metaphonic)

1. squamous; scaly

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin squāmōsus. By surface analysis, escama +‎ -oso. Compare English squamous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskaˈmoso/ [es.kaˈmo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧mo‧so

Adjective

escamoso (feminine escamosa, masculine plural escamosos, feminine plural escamosas)

1. squamous, scaly

Further reading

• “escamoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10