cenagoso

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *caenicōsus, from Latin caenum (“slime, filth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θenaˈɡoso/ [θe.naˈɣ̞o.so]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /senaˈɡoso/ [se.naˈɣ̞o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ce‧na‧go‧so

Adjective

cenagoso (feminine cenagosa, masculine plural cenagosos, feminine plural cenagosas)

1. marshy

Related terms

• ciénaga, ciénega
• cieno

Further reading

• “cenagoso”, 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