feo

feo

See also: fẽo

Asturian

Adjective

feo

1. neuter of feu

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Catalan

Alternative forms

• feu (Algherese)

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.o/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.u/

Adjective

feo (feminine fea, masculine plural feos, feminine plural fees)

1. (Castilianism) ugly

Usage notes

Often regarded "inadmissible" and not part of the literary language.

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Esperanto

Etymology

From French fée and German Fee, by way of feino with the feminine suffix -ino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfeo]
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: fe‧o

Noun

feo (accusative singular feon, plural feoj, accusative plural feojn)

1. fairy

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Irish

Alternative forms

• feochan

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /fʲoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fʲɔː/

Noun

feo m (genitive singular as substantive feo, genitive as verbal noun feoite)

1. verbal noun of feoigh
2. decay

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feo	fheo	bhfeo
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Galician

Alternative forms

• feio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfeo̝]

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese feo, from Latin foedus (“hideous”).

Adjective

feo m (feminine singular fea, masculine plural feos, feminine plural feas)

1. ugly
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 227:

     quen foy couardo ou quen ardido, ou foy mao ou bõo, ou quen foy uilão ou paação, ou feo ou aposto, ou arrizado ou flaco, ou barnesco ou escasso, ou mãsso ou sañudo

     who was coward or who was hardy, or who was bad or good, or who was villein or palatial, or ugly or handsome, or vigorous or feeble, or generous or niggardly, or gentle or wicked

   Synonyms: laido, edo, croucho, tocho

Derived terms

• feamente

Related terms

• fealdade

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese fẽo, from Latin faenum (“hay”). Cognate with Portuguese feno, Spanish heno.

Alternative forms

• feno, freo

Noun

feo m (plural feos)

1. hay
   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 61:

     Jtem. deue o potro comer feo, palla, herua, orio, auea, espelqa, que quer dizer melga, et as qousas semellauelles a esto, que naturalmente som para seu comer.

     Item. The foal must eat hay, straw, grass, barley, oat, spelt —that is, melga— and things that are similar to these, which are naturally for them to eat

2. beachgrass

Derived terms

• feal
• Feal
• Feais
• Feáns
• Feás
• Fial
• Fiosa

Related terms

• fiollo
• fiúncho

Further reading

• “feo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

References

• “feo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “feo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “feo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “feo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “feo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin foedus (“hideous”). Cognate with Portuguese feio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeo/ [ˈfe.o]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: fe‧o

Adjective

feo (feminine fea, masculine plural feos, feminine plural feas, superlative feísimo)

1. ugly

   Antonyms: guapo, bonito, bello, hermoso

2. (Mexico) bad, gross, mean, nasty
3. in poor condition

Derived terms

• feo del baile, fea del baile (“wallflower, shrinking violet”)
• afear
• feamente
• bailar con la más fea
• feo, fuerte, y formal
• hacer un feo
• más feo que Carracuca
• más feo que pegar a un padre
• más feo que Picio
• patito feo
• sexo feo

Related terms

• fealdad

Further reading

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