insulso
Italian
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#INSULSO īnsulsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈsul.so/Category:Italian 3-syllable words#INSULSOCategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#INSULSO
Category:Italian terms with audio pronunciation#INSULSOAudio: (file) - Rhymes: -ulsoCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ulso#INSULSOCategory:Rhymes:Italian/ulso/3 syllables#INSULSO
- Hyphenation: in‧sùl‧so
Adjective
insulso (feminine insulsa, masculine plural insulsi, feminine plural insulse, superlative insulsissimo)Category:Italian lemmas#INSULSOCategory:Italian adjectives#INSULSOCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#INSULSOCategory:Pages with entries#INSULSOCategory:Pages with 4 entries#INSULSO
Derived terms
Further reading
- insulso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
īnsulsōCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#INSULSOCategory:Latin adjective forms#INSULSOCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#INSULSOCategory:Pages with entries#INSULSOCategory:Pages with 4 entries#INSULSO
Portuguese
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#INSULSO īnsulsus (literally “unsalted”). Doublet of insossoCategory:Portuguese doublets#INSULSO.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩˈsuw.su/ [ĩˈsuʊ̯.su]Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#INSULSOCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#INSULSO
Adjective
insulso (feminine insulsa, masculine plural insulsos, feminine plural insulsas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#INSULSOCategory:Portuguese adjectives#INSULSOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#INSULSOCategory:Pages with entries#INSULSOCategory:Pages with 4 entries#INSULSO
- unsalted, tasteless
- (figuratively) which is not funny; clumsy
Further reading
- “insulso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Latin#INSULSOCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#INSULSO īnsulsus (“unsalted”). Doublet of sosoCategory:Spanish doublets#INSULSO.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈsulso/ [ĩnˈsul.so]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#INSULSOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#INSULSO
- Rhymes: -ulsoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ulso#INSULSOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ulso/3 syllables#INSULSO
- Syllabification: in‧sul‧so
Adjective
insulso (feminine insulsa, masculine plural insulsos, feminine plural insulsas)Category:Spanish lemmas#INSULSOCategory:Spanish adjectives#INSULSOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#INSULSOCategory:Pages with entries#INSULSOCategory:Pages with 4 entries#INSULSO
Further reading
- “insulso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025