amistoso

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish amistoso (“friendly”). Compare Catalan amistós.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.misˈto.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.misˈto.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.miʃˈto.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.misˈto.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.miʃˈto.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: a‧mis‧to‧so

Adjective

amistoso (feminine amistosa, masculine plural amistosos, feminine plural amistosas, metaphonic)

1. friendly (characteristic of friendliness)

   Synonym: amigável

Noun

amistoso m (plural amistosos, metaphonic)

1. (Brazil, sports) friendly (game not part of a competition)

   Synonym: amigável

Related terms

• amigo (“friend”)

 

Spanish

Etymology

From amistad (“friendship”) +‎ -oso. Compare Catalan amistós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amisˈtoso/ [a.misˈt̪o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: a‧mis‧to‧so

Adjective

amistoso (feminine amistosa, masculine plural amistosos, feminine plural amistosas)

1. friendly

   Synonym: amigable

Derived terms

• amistosamente
• inamistoso

 

Related terms

• amigo (“friend”)

 

Noun

amistoso m (plural amistosos)

1. (sports) friendly match

   Synonym: fogueo

   • 14 January 2014, Fiorella Masís, Paraguay confirma el fogueo ante Costa Rica, La Nación:

     La Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (APF) confirmó este martes un amistoso ante la Seleccion Nacional de Costa Rica el 5 de marzo.
     (The Paraguayan Football Association confirmed on Tuesday a friendly match against Costa Rica on March 5th.)

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Further reading

• “amistoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16