medonho
Portuguese
Etymology
From medo (“fear”) + -onho.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oɲu
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /meˈdõ.ɲu/ [meˈdõ.j̃u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /meˈdo.ɲo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨˈdo.ɲu/ [mɨˈðo.ɲu]
- Hyphenation: me‧do‧nho
Adjective
medonho (feminine medonha, masculine plural medonhos, feminine plural medonhas)
- hideous, dreadful, awful, ghastly
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:amedrontador
Derived terms
- medonhamente
Further reading
- “medonho” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.