misterioso
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of misterioso
< Italian, equivalent to mysteri ( o ) mystery 1 + -oso -ous
Example Sentences
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A misterioso clairvoyant, Madame Web is a secondary Spider-Man character who met the web-weaver in the comics in 1980 while regally parked on a life-support system shaped like a round-bottom flask.
From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2024
La heredera de Fórmula Uno, Petra Ecclestone, y un comprador misterioso hicieron historia este mes con la venta récord de $119.75 millones de “The Manor” en Holmby Hills.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2019
When Soper announces that “the meaning of music-making is obvious to everyone,” the trio interrupts her with a trembling, misterioso digression.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 19, 2017
William, un misterioso denunciante cuya verdadera identidad nunca se ha revelado, instigó hace dos años la investigación del FBI de Melgen y Menéndez.
From Washington Times • Jul. 22, 2015
Forest Stillness is an Adagio, opening with softly breathed chords misterioso.
From Edward MacDowell by Porte, John F.
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