fogosidad

Spanish

FWOTD – 16 May 2014

Etymology

fogoso +‎ -idad

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /foɡosiˈdad/, [foɣosiˈðað]

Noun

fogosidad f (uncountable)

Excessive enthusiasm or liveliness.
- 1862, D. Antonio Bergnes De Las Casas, La Abeja, volume 1, D. Juan Oliveres, page 356:
  En la Habana como en Petersburgo se celebra el talento y la fogosidad sublime de Beethoven;
  In Havana as well as in Petersburg Beethoven’s sublime talent and liveliness is celebrated;

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Further reading

“fogosidad” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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