histérico

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɛ.ɾi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɛ.ɾi.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɛ.ɾi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɛ.ɾi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɛ.ɾi.ku/

• Hyphenation: his‧té‧ri‧co

Adjective

histérico (feminine histérica, masculine plural histéricos, feminine plural histéricas)

1. hysterical (arising from hysteria)
2. hysterical (having hysterics)

Noun

histérico m (plural histéricos, feminine histérica, feminine plural histéricas)

1. hysteric (hysterical person)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin hystericus, from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós), from ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb”). See histeria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /isˈteɾiko/ [isˈt̪e.ɾi.ko]
• Rhymes: -eɾiko
• Syllabification: his‧té‧ri‧co

Adjective

histérico (feminine histérica, masculine plural histéricos, feminine plural histéricas)

1. hysterical (of, or arising from hysteria)

Related terms

• histeria

 

Further reading

• “histérico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10