horrendo

Latin

Adjective

horrendō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of horrendus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin horrendus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈʁẽ.du/ [oˈhẽ.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈʁẽ.du/ [oˈhẽ.du]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oˈʁẽ.du/ [oˈχẽ.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈʁẽ.do/ [oˈhẽ.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈʁẽ.du/

• Rhymes: -ẽdu
• Hyphenation: hor‧ren‧do

Adjective

horrendo (feminine horrenda, masculine plural horrendos, feminine plural horrendas)

1. gruesome (repellently frightful and shocking)

   Synonyms: medonho, pavoroso

Derived terms

• horrendamente

Related terms

• horror

Further reading

• “horrendo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin horrendus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈrendo/ [oˈrẽn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -endo
• Syllabification: ho‧rren‧do

Adjective

horrendo (feminine horrenda, masculine plural horrendos, feminine plural horrendas)

1. horrendous, horrific, dreadful, awful

   Synonym: horrible

Related terms

• horror

Further reading

• “horrendo”, 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