pífio

See also: pifio and pifió

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pifia (“mistake, flaw”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.fi.u/ [ˈpi.fɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpi.fju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.fi.u/ [ˈpi.fɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpi.fju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.fi.o/ [ˈpi.fɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpi.fjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.fju/

• Rhymes: -ifiu, -ifju
• Hyphenation: pí‧fi‧o

Adjective

pífio (feminine pífia, masculine plural pífios, feminine plural pífias, comparable)

1. cheap (of low quality or taste)

   Synonyms: meia-boca, fraco

2. (of an object, person or matter) petty, trifle, paltry

   Synonyms: reles, ordinário

3. (of a quantity) small, negligible, insignificant

   Synonym: irrisório

   • 2019 August 6, “Anatel: TV paga perde quase 3,3 milhões de assinantes em 5 anos”, in UOL‎^[1]:

     Com exceção da Oi, que apresentou um crescimento pífio de 1,77% em 12 meses, todas as outras operadoras perderam parte de sua base de assinantes.

     With the exception of Oi, which showed a despicable growth of 1.77% in 12 months, all the other operators lost part of their subscriber base.

Further reading

• “pífio”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “pífio”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024