esposo

See also: esposó

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese esposo, from Latin spōnsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈposo/ [es̺ˈpo.s̺ʊ]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Hyphenation: es‧po‧so

Noun

esposo m (plural esposos, feminine esposa, feminine plural esposas)

1. (dated) bridegroom

   Synonym: noivo

2. husband

   Synonyms: home, marido

Related terms

• esponsais
• esposa
• esposar
• esposas
• esposorio

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “esposo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “esposo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esposo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esposo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Further reading

• “esposo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “esposo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese esposo and Spanish esposo.

Noun

esposo

1. husband
2. man

Related terms

• esposa

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese esposo, from Latin spōnsus.

Alternative forms

• espôso (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpo.zu/, /esˈpo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpo.zu/, /esˈpo.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpo.zu/, /eʃˈpo.zu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpo.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: es‧po‧so

Noun

esposo m (plural esposos, feminine esposa, feminine plural esposas, metaphonic)

1. husband (male spouse)

   Synonym: marido

Related terms

• esposar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɔ.zu/, /esˈpɔ.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈpɔ.zu/, /esˈpɔ.zu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈpɔ.zu/, /eʃˈpɔ.zu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈpɔ.zu/

• Hyphenation: es‧po‧so

Verb

esposo

1. first-person singular present indicative of esposar

Further reading

• “esposo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “esposo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈposo/ [esˈpo.so]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: es‧po‧so

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *spend-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *spondéyeti

Proto-Italic *spondejō

Proto-Italic *spondeō

Latin spondeō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin spōnsus

Spanish esposo

Inherited from Latin spōnsus.

Noun

esposo m (plural esposos, feminine esposa, feminine plural esposas)

1. husband

   Synonym: marido

Related terms

• esponsales
• esposar

Etymology 2

Verb

esposo

1. first-person singular present indicative of esposar

Further reading

• “esposo”, 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

Anagrams

• poseso
• sopeso
• sopesó

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *spend-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *spondéyeti

Proto-Italic *spondejō

Proto-Italic *spondeō

Latin spondeō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin spōnsus

Spanish esposobor.

Tagalog esposo

Borrowed from Spanish esposo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔesˈposo/ [ʔɛsˈpoː.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: es‧po‧so

Noun

esposo (feminine esposa, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜓᜐᜓ)

1. (literary) husband

   Synonyms: bana, (colloquial) tao, (colloquial) mister

   Hypernym: asawa

Related terms

• isponsor

References

• “esposo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025