prosaico

Galician

Adjective

prosaico (feminine prosaica, masculine plural prosaicos, feminine plural prosaicas)

1. (literature) prosaic

Further reading

• “prosaico”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “prosaico” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Italian

Adjective

prosaico (feminine prosaica, masculine plural prosaici, feminine plural prosaiche)

1. prosaic, mundane

Derived terms

• prosaicamente

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin prōsaicus (“in prose”), from Latin prōsa (“prose”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈzaj.ku/ [pɾoˈzaɪ̯.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈzaj.ku/ [pɾoˈzaɪ̯.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈzaj.ko/ [pɾoˈzaɪ̯.ko]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈzaj.ku/

• Hyphenation: pro‧sai‧co

Adjective

prosaico (feminine prosaica, masculine plural prosaicos, feminine plural prosaicas)

1. (literature) prosaic (pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose)
2. common; usual

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ordinário

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:ordinário

Related terms

• prosa
• prosador
• prosaicamente
• prosaísmo
• prosaísta
• prosar
• proseado
• proseador
• prosear
• proseio

 

Further reading

• “prosaico” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “prosaico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “prosaico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin prōsaicus, from Latin prōsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈsaiko/ [pɾoˈsai̯.ko]
• Rhymes: -aiko
• Syllabification: pro‧sai‧co

Adjective

prosaico (feminine prosaica, masculine plural prosaicos, feminine plural prosaicas)

1. prosaic (of or relating to prose)
2. bland, mundane

   Synonyms: insulso, insípido, mundano

Related terms

• prosa

 

Further reading

• “prosaico”, 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