peyorativo
Ladino
Adjective
peyorativo (Latin spelling, feminine peyorativa, masculine plural peyorativos, feminine plural peyorativas)
- pejorative
Spanish
Etymology
From French péjoratif, from Late Latin pejōrātus, perfect passive participle of pejōrō (“to make worse”), from pejor (“worse”).
Adjective
peyorativo (feminine peyorativa, masculine plural peyorativos, feminine plural peyorativas)
- pejorative
Noun
peyorativo m (plural peyorativos)
- pejorative (disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression)
Related terms
- peor
Further reading
- “peyorativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014