# religioso
## English
### Noun

religioso (plural religiosos or religiosi)
* (music) A piece intended to be played with religious devotion.
* (archaic) A religious person or zealot.

## Galician
### Adjective

religioso (feminine religiosa, masculine plural religiosos, feminine plural religiosas, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of relixioso

### Further reading

* “religioso” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin religiōsus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /re.liˈd͡ʒo.zo/, (traditional) /re.liˈd͡ʒo.so/
* Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
* Hyphenation: re‧li‧gió‧so

### Adjective

religioso (feminine religiosa, masculine plural religiosi, feminine plural religiose)
* religious, devout
    Synonym: devoto

### Noun

religioso m (plural religiosi, feminine religiosa)
* religious, monk, friar
    Synonyms: monaco, frate

#### Related terms

* antireligioso
* areligioso
* leader religioso
* mantide religiosa
* matrimonio religioso
* multireligioso
* religione
* religiosamente
* religiosità

### Further reading

* religioso in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* religioso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* sierologi

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /re.li.ɡiˈoː.soː/, [rɛlʲɪɡiˈoːs̠oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /re.li.d͡ʒiˈo.so/, [relid͡ʒiˈɔːs̬o]

### Adjective

religiōsō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of religiōsus

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin religiōsus.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.li.ʒiˈo.zu/ [he.li.ʒɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.liˈʒjo.zu/ [he.liˈʒjo.zu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.li.ʒiˈo.zu/ [he.li.ʒɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.liˈʒjo.zu/ [he.liˈʒjo.zu]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁe.li.ʒiˈo.zu/ [χe.li.ʒɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.liˈʒjo.zu/ [χe.liˈʒjo.zu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.li.ʒiˈo.zo/ [he.li.ʒɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /ʁe.liˈʒjo.zo/ [he.liˈʒjo.zo]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.liˈʒjo.zu/
* Rhymes: -ozu
* Hyphenation: re‧li‧gi‧o‧so

### Adjective

religioso (feminine religiosa, masculine plural religiosos, feminine plural religiosas, metaphonic)
* religious

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:religioso.

#### Derived terms

* religiosamente

#### Related terms

* religião
* religiosidade

### Noun

religioso m (plural religiosos, metaphonic)
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### Further reading

* “religioso”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “religioso”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “religioso” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “religioso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “religioso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “religioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin religiōsus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /reliˈxjoso/ [re.liˈxjo.so]
* Rhymes: -oso
* Syllabification: re‧li‧gio‧so

### Adjective

religioso (feminine religiosa, masculine plural religiosos, feminine plural religiosas)
* religious

#### Derived terms

* antirreligioso
* libertad religiosa
* mantis religiosa
* religiosamente
* religiosísimo

#### Related terms

* religión
* religiosidad

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: relihiyoso

### Further reading

* “religioso”, 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