cynico
Portuguese
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cynico (feminine cynica, masculine plural cynicos, feminine plural cynicas)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of cínico.
Noun
[edit]cynico m (plural cynicos, feminine cynica, feminine plural cynicas)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of cínico.
- 1905, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “Uma historia verdadeira [A true story]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies][1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, page 44:
- O marquez, cynico como a vida o tornára, era juiz excellente n’este assumpto.
- The marquess, the cynic life had turned him into, was an excellent judge of this matter.