hediondo
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish hediondo (“stinking”), from Vulgar Latin *foetibundus, from Latin fēteō.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /e.d͡ʒiˈõ.du/ [e.d͡ʒɪˈõ.du], (faster pronunciation) /eˈd͡ʒjõ.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /e.d͡ʒiˈõ.do/ [e.d͡ʒɪˈõ.do], (faster pronunciation) /eˈd͡ʒjõ.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /iˈdjõ.du/ [iˈðjõ.du], /eˈdjõ.du/ [eˈðjõ.du]
- (Santa Catarina) IPA(key): /ˌe.di.ˈõ.do/
Adjective
hediondo (feminine hedionda, masculine plural hediondos, feminine plural hediondas)
- heinous
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hediondo
Derived terms
- crime hediondo
Spanish
Alternative forms
- jediondo
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *fētibundus, from Latin fēteō, foeteō (“to have a bad smell, stink”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈdjondo/ [eˈð̞jõn̪.d̪o]
- Rhymes: -ondo
- Syllabification: he‧dion‧do
Adjective
hediondo (feminine hedionda, masculine plural hediondos, feminine plural hediondas)
- stinking
- Synonyms: apestoso, fétido, maloliente
Derived terms
- hediondez
Related terms
- heder
- hedor
Descendants
- Portuguese: hediondo (borrowing)
Further reading
- “hediondo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014