pávido

See also: pavido

Galician

Adjective

pávido (feminine pávida, masculine plural pávidos, feminine plural pávidas)

1. faint; shy

   Antonym: impávido

Further reading

• “pávido”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “pávido” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pavidus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.vi.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.vi.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.vi.do/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.vi.du/ [ˈpa.vi.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.vi.du/ [ˈpa.vi.ðu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.bi.du/ [ˈpa.βi.ðu]

• Rhymes: -avidu
• Hyphenation: pá‧vi‧do

Adjective

pávido (feminine pávida, masculine plural pávidos, feminine plural pávidas)

1. faint; shy (easily frightened)

   Synonyms: assustado, medroso, espavorido

   Antonym: impávido

Further reading

• “pávido” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “pávido”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “pávido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pavidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpabido/ [ˈpa.β̞i.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -abido
• Syllabification: pá‧vi‧do

Adjective

pávido (feminine pávida, masculine plural pávidos, feminine plural pávidas)

1. (poetic) faint, shy (easily frightened)

   Synonyms: asustado, miedoso

   Antonym: impávido

Further reading

• “pávido”, 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