hosco

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fuscus (compare Portuguese fosco, fusco, Italian fosco, Catalan fosc, Old French fusque).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈosko/ [ˈos.ko]
• Rhymes: -osko
• Syllabification: hos‧co

Adjective

hosco (feminine hosca, masculine plural hoscos, feminine plural hoscas)

1. sullen, surly

Derived terms

• hosquedad

 

Further reading

• “hosco”, 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