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generoso

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Galician

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Adjective

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generoso (feminine generosa, masculine plural generosos, feminine plural generosas, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of xeneroso

Further reading

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  • “generoso”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin generōsus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒe.neˈro.zo/, (traditional) /d͡ʒe.neˈro.so/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
  • Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧ró‧so

Adjective

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generoso (feminine generosa, masculine plural generosi, feminine plural generose, superlative generosissimo)

  1. generous
  2. liberal, prodigal
  3. rich, fertile (soil)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ “generoso” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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  • “generoso”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • “generoso”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

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Adjective

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generōsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of generōsus

Portuguese

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Latin generōsus.

    Pronunciation

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    • Rhymes: -ozu
    • Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧ro‧so

    Adjective

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    generoso (feminine generosa, masculine plural generosos, feminine plural generosas, metaphonic)

    1. generous (willing to give and share unsparingly)
      Synonyms: dadivoso, mão-aberta
    2. (obsolete) generous (of noble birth)
      Synonym: nobre

    Quotations

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    For quotations using this term, see Citations:generoso.

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    Spanish

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    Etymology

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      Derived from Latin generōsus.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /xeneˈɾoso/ [xe.neˈɾo.so]
      • Rhymes: -oso
      • Syllabification: ge‧ne‧ro‧so

      Adjective

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      generoso (feminine generosa, masculine plural generosos, feminine plural generosas)

      1. generous
        Synonym: dadivoso
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