leñoso

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lignōsus, from līgnum (“firewood”). Equivalent to leña or leño +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leˈɲoso/ [leˈɲo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: le‧ño‧so

Adjective

leñoso (feminine leñosa, masculine plural leñosos, feminine plural leñosas)

1. woodlike

Related terms

• leña

Further reading

• “leñoso”, 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