vertiginoso
Portuguese, adjective/veʁ.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈno.zu/
vertiginoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “vertiginous (inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que causa vertigens”.
What does vertiginoso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
vertiginous (inducing a feeling of giddiness, vertigo)
- 2
happening very fast and intensely
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que causa vertigens 2. que gira com muita rapidez 3. perturbador da razão
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 vertiginoso
- vertiginosa feminine
- vertiginosos masculine plural
- vertiginosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
- vortiginoso alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vertiginoso?
- Brazil /veʁ.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈno.zu/
- Brazil [veh.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈno.zu]
- /veɾ.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈno.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 vertiginoso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vertiginoso in Portuguese?
vertiginoso appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).