bêbado

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• bêbedo
• beudo, bebo (eye dialect)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese bevedo, from Latin bibitus, from bibō, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti, from *peh₃-.

Cognate with Galician bébedo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ba.du/, /ˈbe.bɐ.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ba.du/, /ˈbe.bɐ.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ba.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.bɐ.du/ [ˈbe.βɐ.ðu]

• Audio (Brazil):

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Adjective

bêbado (feminine bêbada, masculine plural bêbados, feminine plural bêbadas)

1. drunk; under the influence of alcohol
2. groggy (slowed down, especially by sleep)

Derived terms

• bêbado como um gambá
• bêbado de sono

 

Related terms

• trêbado

 

Noun

bêbado m (plural bêbados, feminine bêbada, feminine plural bêbadas)

1. one who is under the influence of alcohol
2. one who is frequently under the influence of alcohol; a drunkard

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:alcoólatra

Derived terms

• dinheiro de bêbado

 

Further reading

• “bêbado”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024