Portuguese Etymology From ranço + -oso. Pronunciation (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈso.zu/ [hɐ̃ˈso.zu] (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈso.zu/ [hɐ̃ˈso.zu] (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈso.zu/ [χɐ̃ˈso.zu] (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈso.zo/ [hɐ̃ˈso.zo] (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈso.zu/ Rhymes: -ozu Hyphenation: ran‧ço‧so Adjective rançoso (feminine rançosa, masculine plural rançosos, feminine plural rançosas, metaphonic) stale (having lost its freshness) Further reading “rançoso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.