-ous becomes -oso/-osa

Many English adjectives ending in “-ous” translate into Spanish with “-oso” or “-osa.”

Some examples:

NumberEnglishSpanish
1AmbitiousAmbicioso/-osa
2AnxiousAnsioso/-osa
3CautiousCauteloso/-osa
4ContagiousContagioso/-osa
5CuriousCurioso/-osa
6DangerousPeligroso/-osa
7DeliciousDelicioso/-osa
8DisastrousDesastroso/-osa
9EnviousEnvidioso/-osa
10FabulousFabuloso/-osa
11FamousFamoso/-osa
12GenerousGeneroso/-osa
13GloriousGlorioso/-osa
14HilariousGracioso/-osa
15JoyousGozoso/-osa
16LuxuriousLujoso/-osa
17MarvelousMaravilloso/-osa
18MiraculousMilagroso/-osa
19MysteriousMisterioso/-osa
20NervousNervioso/-osa
21ObnoxiousOdioso/-osa
22OutrageousEscandaloso/-osa
23PoisonousVenenoso/-osa
24PreciousPrecioso/-osa
25SpaciousEspacioso/-osa
26SuspiciousSospechoso/-osa
27VictoriousVictorioso/-osa

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