paupérrimo

See also: pauperrimo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pauperrimus, superlative of pauper (“poor”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pawˈpɛ.ʁi.mu/ [paʊ̯ˈpɛ.hi.mu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pawˈpɛ.ʁi.mu/ [paʊ̯ˈpɛ.hi.mu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pawˈpɛ.ʁi.mu/ [paʊ̯ˈpɛ.χi.mu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pawˈpɛ.ʁi.mo/ [paʊ̯ˈpɛ.hi.mo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pawˈpɛ.ʁi.mu/

• Hyphenation: pau‧pér‧ri‧mo

Adjective

paupérrimo (feminine paupérrima, masculine plural paupérrimos, feminine plural paupérrimas)

1. (formal) superlative degree of pobre

   Synonym: pobríssimo

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pauperrimus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pauˈperimo/ [pau̯ˈpe.ri.mo]
• Rhymes: -erimo
• Syllabification: pau‧pé‧rri‧mo

Adjective

paupérrimo (feminine paupérrima, masculine plural paupérrimos, feminine plural paupérrimas)

1. (formal) superlative degree of pobre

   Synonym: pobrísimo

   • 2023 May 29, Luis Barbero, “España gira a la derecha”, in El País‎^[1], retrieved 2023-05-29:

     […] la preocupante consolidación de Vox como tercera fuerza política y los paupérrimos resultados de casi todos los aspirantes que se sitúan a la izquierda del PSOE, es decir, esa izquierda empeñada en seguir con rumbo firme el camino de la división para llegar irremediablemente a la irrelevancia.

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Usage notes

• Generally only used in highly educated settings.

Further reading

• “paupérrimo”, 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