boscoso

Italian

Etymology

From bosco +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bosˈko.zo/, (traditional) /bosˈko.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: bo‧scó‧so

Adjective

boscoso (feminine boscosa, masculine plural boscosi, feminine plural boscose)

1. woody, wooded

Derived terms

• boscosità

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish bosque

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Old Spanish -oso

Spanish -oso

Spanish boscoso

From bosque + -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bosˈkoso/ [bosˈko.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: bos‧co‧so

Adjective

boscoso (feminine boscosa, masculine plural boscosos, feminine plural boscosas)

1. woody, wooded

   terreno boscoso ― woodland

Further reading

• “boscoso”, 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