# precioso
## Asturian
### Adjective

precioso
* neuter of preciosu

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese precioso (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin pretiōsus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pɾeˈθjosʊ]

### Adjective

precioso (feminine preciosa, masculine plural preciosos, feminine plural preciosas)
* precious (of high value or worth)
* beautiful

#### Derived terms

* preciosidade

#### Related terms

* prezo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “precioso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “precios”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “precioso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “precioso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “precioso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese precioso, borrowed from Latin pretiōsus.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾe.siˈo.zu/ [pɾe.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /pɾeˈsjo.zu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾe.siˈo.zu/ [pɾe.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /pɾeˈsjo.zu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾe.siˈo.zo/ [pɾe.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /pɾeˈsjo.zo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨˈsjo.zu/
* Hyphenation: pre‧ci‧o‧so

### Adjective

precioso (feminine preciosa, masculine plural preciosos, feminine plural preciosas, metaphonic)
* precious (of high value or worth)

#### Derived terms

* preciosamente

### Noun

precioso m (plural preciosos, feminine preciosa, feminine plural preciosas, metaphonic)
* precious (someone (or something) who is loved)

### Related terms

* preço

### Further reading

* “precioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pretiōsus. By surface analysis, precio +‎ -oso.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /pɾeˈθjoso/ [pɾeˈθjo.so]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾeˈsjoso/ [pɾeˈsjo.so]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -oso
* Syllabification: pre‧cio‧so

### Adjective

precioso (feminine preciosa, masculine plural preciosos, feminine plural preciosas, superlative preciosísimo)
* gorgeous
* cute
* precious

#### Derived terms

* metal precioso
* piedra preciosa

#### Related terms

* apreciar
* precio
* preciosidad
* preciosura
* semiprecioso

### Further reading

* “precioso”, 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