angosto

See also: angostó

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Latin angustus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰu-, from *h₂enǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡosto/ [ɑŋˈɡos̺.t̪ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /aŋˈɡosto/ [ɑŋˈɡos̺.t̪ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /aŋˈħosto/ [ɑŋˈħos̺.t̪ʊ]

• Rhymes: -osto
• Hyphenation: an‧gos‧to

Adjective

angosto (feminine angosta, masculine plural angostos, feminine plural angostas)

1. narrow

   Synonym: estreito

   Antonyms: ancho, largo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡosto/ [ãŋˈɡos.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -osto
• Syllabification: an‧gos‧to

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰosder.

Proto-Italic *angostos

Latin angustus

Spanish angosto

Inherited from Latin angustus.

Adjective

angosto (feminine angosta, masculine plural angostos, feminine plural angostas)

1. narrow

   Synonym: estrecho

   Antonym: ancho

Derived terms

• angostamente
• angostura

Related terms

• angostar
• angustia

Etymology 2

Verb

angosto

1. first-person singular present indicative of angostar

Further reading

• “angosto”, 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