glamoroso

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• glamouroso (chiefly Brazil)
• glamuroso (nonstandard)

Etymology

From glamour +‎ -oso, with the spelling adapted; more at glamour. Analogous to English glamorous.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡla.moˈɾo.zu/, /ɡla.muˈɾo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡla.moˈɾo.zu/, /ɡla.muˈɾo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡla.moˈɾo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡlɐ.muˈɾo.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: gla‧mo‧ro‧so

Adjective

glamoroso (feminine glamorosa, masculine plural glamorosos, feminine plural glamorosas, metaphonic)

1. glamorous (having glamor)

Usage notes

The Brazilian Academy of Letters’s Orthographic Vocabulary recognizes only the forms glamoroso and glamouroso, the latter of which is derived directly from the unadapted glamour. The Aulete online dictionary notably recognizes the spelling glamuroso as well, though this opinion is not shared by other authorities.

Further reading

• “glamoroso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “glamoroso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “glamoroso”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “glamoroso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “glamoroso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• glamuroso, glamouroso

Etymology

From glamour +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlamoˈɾoso/ [ɡla.moˈɾo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: gla‧mo‧ro‧so

Adjective

glamoroso (feminine glamorosa, masculine plural glamorosos, feminine plural glamorosas)

1. glamorous

Further reading

• “glamoroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025