grosso

Meaning

  1. (comparable) dense; thick (relatively great in extent from one surface to another)
  2. (comparable) viscous; thick (having consistency between solid and liquid)
  3. (comparable) crude; unrefined (of low quality)
  4. (comparable) rude; uncouth; uncivil (without manners)
  5. (comparable) rough (not plain; with friction)
  6. (comparable) deep (low in pitch)
  7. (comparable) obscene; distasteful; vulgar (offensive to morality)
  8. (comparable,slang) aboundant (in high quantity)

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
gros‧so
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡɾo.su/
Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese grosso, from Latin grossus, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷres-.

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