romántico

/roˈmantiko/ · B1 · adj

romantic

🌹 romántico = romantic with -o: Roman + -tic, from tales told in Romance speech

A near-twin of English romantic: swap -ic for -ico and stress the MAN syllable (ro-MÁN-ti-co). Both come from romance, originally a story told in the Roman-descended vernacular rather than Latin. Feminine form: romántica.

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