ocioso

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ōtiōsus (“idle; unemployed”), from ōtium (“leisure”) + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.siˈo.zu/ [o.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /oˈsjo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.siˈo.zu/ [o.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /oˈsjo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.siˈo.zo/ [o.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /oˈsjo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈsjo.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: o‧ci‧o‧so

Adjective

ocioso (feminine ociosa, masculine plural ociosos, feminine plural ociosas, metaphonic)

1. idle (not engaged in any occupation or employment)

   Synonyms: desempregado, inativo

   Antonym: empregado

2. lazy; work-shy

   Synonyms: indolente, preguiçoso, vagabundo

   Antonyms: diligente, industrioso

3. (of a period of time) when there is nothing to do
4. not being used

Related terms

• ócio
• ociosamente
• ociosidade

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin otiōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /oˈθjoso/ [oˈθjo.so]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /oˈsjoso/ [oˈsjo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: o‧cio‧so

Adjective

ocioso (feminine ociosa, masculine plural ociosos, feminine plural ociosas)

1. idle
2. useless

Noun

ocioso m (plural ociosos, feminine ociosa, feminine plural ociosas)

1. idler

Related terms

• ocio
• ociosidad

 

Further reading

• “ocioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28