sospechoso

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin suspectāre

Spanish sospechar

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?

Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?

Old Latin -ōssus

Latin -ōsus

Old Spanish -oso

Spanish -oso

Spanish sospechoso

From sospechar + -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sospeˈt͡ʃoso/ [sos.peˈt͡ʃo.so]

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• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: sos‧pe‧cho‧so

Adjective

sospechoso (feminine sospechosa, masculine plural sospechosos, feminine plural sospechosas)

1. suspicious, suspect, fishy, shady, sketchy

   Synonym: suspecto (archaic)

2. shifty

Noun

sospechoso m (plural sospechosos, feminine sospechosa, feminine plural sospechosas)

1. suspect

Related terms

• sospecha
• sospechar
• suspicaz

Further reading

• “sospechoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025