tímido

tímido

See also: timido

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin timidus (“full of fear, fearful, timid”), from timeo (“to fear”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩ.mi.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃĩ.mi.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.mi.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈti.mi.du/ [ˈti.mi.ðu]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtĩ.mi.dʊ/
• Hyphenation: tí‧mi‧do

Adjective

tímido (feminine tímida, masculine plural tímidos, feminine plural tímidas, comparable, comparative mais tímido, superlative o mais tímido or timidíssimo)

1. lacking courage or confidence; timid, shy

Derived terms

• timidamente
• timidez

Further reading

• “tímido” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin timidus. Cognate with English timid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtimido/ [ˈt̪i.mi.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -imido
• Syllabification: tí‧mi‧do

Adjective

tímido (feminine tímida, masculine plural tímidos, feminine plural tímidas)

1. shy, timid, bashful, diffident
2. coy

Derived terms

• tímidamente
• timidez

Further reading

• “tímido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014