ridículo
See also: ridiculo
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rīdiculus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lu/ [hiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lu/ [χiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lo/ [hiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁiˈdi.ku.lu/ [ʁiˈði.ku.lu]
- Rhymes: -ikulu
- Hyphenation: ri‧dí‧cu‧lo
Adjective
ridículo (feminine ridícula, masculine plural ridículos, feminine plural ridículas)
- ridiculous
Derived terms
- ridiculamente
- ridicularia
- ridiculizar
Noun
ridículo m (plural ridículos)
- ridicule, mockery
Further reading
- “ridículo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rīdiculus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /riˈdikulo/ [riˈð̞i.ku.lo]
- Rhymes: -ikulo
- Syllabification: ri‧dí‧cu‧lo
Adjective
ridículo (feminine ridícula, masculine plural ridículos, feminine plural ridículas, superlative ridiculísimo)
- ridiculous
Noun
ridículo m (plural ridículos)
- ridicule, ridiculousness, laughableness (ridiculous situation)
Derived terms
- ridiculizar
Related terms
- reír
- risa
Further reading
- “ridículo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014