-oso
Portuguese, suffix/ˈo.zu/
-oso is spelled O-S-O (3 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,064th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -oso is a Portuguese suffix meaning “-ous, -y, -ful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “formador de adjetivos sobre radicais nominais, com o significado de abundância ou de maior intensidade”.
What does -oso mean in English?
suffix
- 1
-ous, -y, -ful
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. formador de adjetivos sobre radicais nominais, com o significado de abundância ou de maior intensidade
symbol: 1. oés-sudoeste
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 -oso
- metaphonic feminine plural
- OSO. canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce -oso?
- Brazil /ˈo.zu/
- Portugal /ˈo.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 -oso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is -oso in Portuguese?
-oso appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).