moroso
Portuguese, adjective/moˈɾo.zu/
moroso is spelled M-O-R-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 59,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moroso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “slow, sluggish (having little motion)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que anda ou procede com lentidão; tardio”.
What does moroso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
slow, sluggish (having little motion)
- 2
time-consuming
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que anda ou procede com lentidão; tardio 2. difícil de fazer; demorado
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of moroso
- morosa feminine
- morosos masculine plural
- morosas 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 moroso?
- Brazil /moˈɾo.zu/
- Portugal /muˈɾo.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 moroso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moroso in Portuguese?
moroso appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).