piadoso

Inherited from Old Spanish piadoso, a derivative of piadad, variant of piedad.

• IPA^(key): /pjaˈdoso/ [pjaˈð̞o.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: pia‧do‧so

piadoso (feminine piadosa, masculine plural piadosos, feminine plural piadosas)

1. pious

   Synonyms: pío, devoto

2. merciful

   Synonym: misericordioso

• “piadoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28