prosaico

Italian

Adjective

prosaico (feminine prosaica, masculine plural prosaici, feminine plural prosaiche)

1. prosaic, mundane

Derived terms

• prosaicamente

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin prōsaicus (“in prose”), from Latin prōsa (“prose”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈzaj.ku/ [pɾoˈzaɪ̯.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈzaj.ku/ [pɾoˈzaɪ̯.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈzaj.ko/ [pɾoˈzaɪ̯.ko]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈzaj.ku/

• Hyphenation: pro‧sai‧co

Adjective

prosaico (feminine prosaica, masculine plural prosaicos, feminine plural prosaicas)

1. (literature) prosaic (pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose)
2. common; usual

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ordinário

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:ordinário

Related terms

• prosa
• prosador
• prosaicamente
• prosaísmo
• prosaísta
• prosar
• proseado
• proseador
• prosear
• proseio

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin prōsaicus, from Latin prōsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈsaiko/ [pɾoˈsai̯.ko]
• Rhymes: -aiko
• Syllabification: pro‧sai‧co

Adjective

prosaico (feminine prosaica, masculine plural prosaicos, feminine plural prosaicas)

1. prosaic (of or relating to prose)
2. bland, mundane

   Synonyms: insulso, insípido, mundano

Related terms

• prosa

 

Further reading

• “prosaico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014