lerdo
See also: Lerdo
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish lerdo, of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: ler‧do
Adjective
[edit]lerdo (feminine lerda, masculine plural lerdos, feminine plural lerdas, comparable)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain; presumably from Late Latin lurdus (“slow; stupid”), often suggested to be derived from Latin lūridus (“sallow, pale”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]lerdo (feminine lerda, masculine plural lerdos, feminine plural lerdas)
- slow, sluggish, of animals
- dim-witted, oafish, inefficient
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “LERDO”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, page 358
Further reading
[edit]- “lerdo”, 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
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾdo
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