medonho

Portuguese

Etymology

From medo (“fear”) +‎ -onho.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈdõ.ɲu/ [meˈdõ.j̃u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈdõ.ɲu/ [meˈdõ.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈdo.ɲo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈdo.ɲu/ [mɨˈðo.ɲu]

• Rhymes: -oɲu, (Brazil) -õɲu
• Hyphenation: me‧do‧nho

Adjective

medonho (feminine medonha, masculine plural medonhos, feminine plural medonhas)

1. hideous, dreadful, awful, ghastly

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:amedrontador

Derived terms

• medonhamente

Further reading

• “medonho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024