irrisório

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin irrisōrius.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ʁiˈzɔ.ɾi.u/ [i.hiˈzɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /i.ʁiˈzɔ.ɾju/ [i.hiˈzɔ.ɾju]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ʁiˈzɔ.ɾi.u/ [i.hiˈzɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /i.ʁiˈzɔ.ɾju/ [i.hiˈzɔ.ɾju]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /i.ʁiˈzɔ.ɾi.u/ [i.χiˈzɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /i.ʁiˈzɔ.ɾju/ [i.χiˈzɔ.ɾju]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ʁiˈzɔ.ɾi.o/ [i.hiˈzɔ.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /i.ʁiˈzɔ.ɾjo/ [i.hiˈzɔ.ɾjo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ʁiˈzɔ.ɾju/

• Rhymes: -ɔɾiu, -ɔɾju
• Hyphenation: ir‧ri‧só‧ri‧o

Adjective

irrisório (feminine irrisória, masculine plural irrisórios, feminine plural irrisórias)

1. in which there is derision; mocking
2. insignificant, negligible
3. that provokes laughter; ridiculous; laughable

Further reading

• “irrisório”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “irrisório”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024