fosforoso
Portuguese, adjective/fos.foˈɾo.zu/
fosforoso is spelled F-O-S-F-O-R-O-S-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written Portuguese, the 262,312th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fosforoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “phosphorous (of, pertaining to or containing phosphorus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does fosforoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
phosphorous (of, pertaining to or containing phosphorus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of fosforoso
- fosforosa feminine
- fosforosos masculine plural
- fosforosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fosforoso?
- Brazil /fos.foˈɾo.zu/
- /foʃ.foˈɾo.zu/
- Portugal /fuʃ.fuˈɾo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fosforoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fosforoso in Portuguese?
fosforoso appears about once in every 93 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).