esposo

See also: esposó

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esposo, from Latin spōnsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈposo̝/

Noun

esposo m (plural esposos)

1. (dated) bridegroom

   Synonym: noivo

2. husband

   Synonyms: home, marido

Related terms

• esponsais
• esposa
• esposar
• esposas
• esposorio

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esposo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “espos”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esposo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esposo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese esposo and Spanish esposo.

Noun

esposo

1. husband
2. man

Related terms

• esposa

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese esposo, from Latin spōnsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpo.zu/, /esˈpo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpo.zu/, /esˈpo.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpo.zu/, /eʃˈpo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpo.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: es‧po‧so

Noun

esposo m (plural esposos, feminine esposa, feminine plural esposas, metaphonic)

1. husband (male spouse)

   Synonym: marido

Related terms

• esposar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɔ.zu/, /esˈpɔ.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɔ.zu/, /esˈpɔ.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpɔ.zu/, /eʃˈpɔ.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈpɔ.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpɔ.zu/

• Hyphenation: es‧po‧so

Verb

esposo

1. first-person singular present indicative of esposar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈposo/ [esˈpo.so]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: es‧po‧so

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin spōnsus.

Noun

esposo m (plural esposos, feminine esposa, feminine plural esposas)

1. husband

   Synonym: marido

Related terms

• esponsales
• esposar

 

Etymology 2

Verb

esposo

1. first-person singular present indicative of esposar

Further reading

• “esposo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• poseso
• sopeso
• sopesó

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish esposo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔesˈposo/ [ʔɛsˈpoː.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: es‧po‧so

Noun

esposo (feminine esposa, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜐᜓ)

1. (literary) husband

   Synonyms: bana, (colloquial) tao, (colloquial) mister

   Hypernym: asawa

Related terms

• isponsor

 

References

• “esposo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024