histérico
Portuguese
Adjective
histérico (feminine histérica, masculine plural histéricos, feminine plural histéricas)
- hysterical (arising from hysteria)
- hysterical (having hysterics)
Noun
histérico m (plural histéricos, feminine histérica, feminine plural histéricas)
- hysteric (hysterical person)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”). See histeria.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /isˈteɾiko/ [isˈt̪e.ɾi.ko]
- Rhymes: -eɾiko
- Syllabification: his‧té‧ri‧co
Adjective
histérico (feminine histérica, masculine plural histéricos, feminine plural histéricas)
- hysterical (of, or arising from hysteria)
Related terms
- histeria
Further reading
- “histérico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014