orgulloso

/oɾɡuˈʝoso/ · A2 · adj

proud

🦚 orgullo = pride (kin to French orgueil) + -oso = full of: full of pride

Orgullo comes via Catalan orgull from a Germanic word for pride, the same root as French orgueil and Italian orgoglio. The ending -oso works like English -ous, so orgulloso is literally pride-ous: proud, or in a bad sense, haughty.

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