moroso

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin morōsus, from mora.

Adjective

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

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

Noun

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

1. defaulter

Derived terms

• morosidade

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Late Latin morōsus.

Adjective

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

1. defaulting, in arrears

Noun

moroso m (plural morosi, feminine morosa)

1. defaulter

Related terms

• mora
• morosità

Etymology 2

Clipping of amoroso.

Noun

moroso m (plural morosi, feminine morosa)

1. (regional) boyfriend, lover, sweetheart

   Synonyms: innamorato, ragazzo

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mōrōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mōrōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin morōsus, from mora.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈɾo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈɾo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈɾo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈɾo.zu/

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

Adjective

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

1. slow, sluggish (having little motion)

   Synonyms: lento, vagaroso

2. time-consuming

Derived terms

• morosidade

Further reading

• “moroso” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “moroso” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “moroso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “moroso” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “moroso” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “moroso” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin morōsus, from mora.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

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

Noun

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

1. defaulter

Derived terms

• morosidad

 

Further reading

• “moroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014