acetosa

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.t͡ʃeˈto.za/, (traditional) /a.t͡ʃeˈto.sa/
• Rhymes: -oza, (traditional) -osa
• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧tó‧sa

Etymology 1

From Late Latin acētōsus, from Latin acētum.

Noun

acetosa f (plural acetose)

1. sorrel (Rumex acetosella)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

acetosa

1. feminine singular of acetoso

Further reading

• “acetosa”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• “acetosa” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• “acetosa” in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• “acetosa” in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• “acetosa” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• “acetosa”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Pronunciation

• acētōsa:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.keːˈtoː.sa]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.t͡ʃeˈtɔː.s̬a]
• acētōsā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.keːˈtoː.saː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.t͡ʃeˈtɔː.s̬a]

Adjective

acētōsa

1. inflection of acētōsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

acētōsā

1. ablative feminine singular of acētōsus

References

• "acetosa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *akēō

Latin aceō

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Italic *-skō

Latin -scō

Latin acēscō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin acētum

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ō̆tsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Late Latin acētōsuslbor.

Portuguese acetosa

Learned borrowing from Late Latin acētōsus, from Latin acētum + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.seˈto.zɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.sɨˈto.zɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧ce‧to‧sa

Noun

acetosa f (plural acetosas)

1. sorrel (plant)

   Synonym: azeda

Further reading

• “acetosa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “acetosa”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “acetosa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “acetosa”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “acetosa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “acetosa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *akēō

Latin aceō

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Italic *-skō

Latin -scō

Latin acēscō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Latin acētum

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ō̆tsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Late Latin acētōsusder.

Spanish acetosa

Derived from Late Latin acētōsus, from Latin acētum + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aθeˈtosa/ [a.θeˈt̪o.sa] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /aseˈtosa/ [a.seˈt̪o.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -osa
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧to‧sa

Noun

acetosa f (plural acetosas)

1. sorrel (plant)

   Synonym: acedera

Further reading

• “acetosa”, 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