escabroso

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kɐˈbɾo.zu/ [(i)ʃ.kɐˈβɾo.zu]

• Hyphenation: es‧ca‧bro‧so

Adjective

escabroso (feminine escabrosa, masculine plural escabrosos, feminine plural escabrosas, metaphonic)

1. horrendous, awful, terrible

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskaˈbɾoso/ [es.kaˈβ̞ɾo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧bro‧so

Adjective

escabroso (feminine escabrosa, masculine plural escabrosos, feminine plural escabrosas)

1. rugged, jagged, rough, hard, in bad condition

   Synonym: áspero

2. (of land) uneven, slippery, hazardous for walking
3. dangerous (nearly inconvenient or immoral)

   Synonym: peligroso

Further reading

• “escabroso”, 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