feio

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Portuguese

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uma mulher feia (an ugly woman)

Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese feo (ugly), from Latin foedus (hideous), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (to frighten; be afraid). Cognate with Galician feo, Asturian feu and Spanish feo.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfej.u/ [ˈfeɪ̯.u]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfej.o/ [ˈfeɪ̯.o]
 

Noun

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feio m (plural feios, feminine feia, feminine plural feias)

  1. an ugly person

Adjective

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feio (feminine feia, masculine plural feios, feminine plural feias, comparable, comparative mais feio, superlative o mais feio or feiíssimo, diminutive feiinho, augmentative feião)

  1. ugly (visually unpleasant)
    Synonym: feioso
    Antonyms: bonito, belo, lindo
    prédio feiougly building
    jaqueta feiaugly jacket
    rapaz feiougly young man
  2. (figurative) wrong, immoral
    Synonyms: errado, imoral, antiético
    Antonyms: correto, moral, ético
    Você roubou comida? Que feio!
    Have you stolen food? How wicked!
  3. (figurative) disrespectful, impolite, rude
    Synonyms: rude, desrespeitoso, deseducado, descortês, errado
    Antonyms: educado, cortês, correto
    É feio arrotar enquanto se come.
    It is rude to burp while eating.

Inflection

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Antonyms

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Adverb

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feio (comparable, comparative mais feio, superlative o mais feio)

  1. in an ugly manner
  2. severely, critically, very much (used when the result is negative)
    Errou feio!You severely missed it!