pejorativo
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French péjoratif (“depreciative, disparaging”), from Late Latin peiōrātus, past participle of pēiōrō (“to make worse”), from Latin pēior (“worse”). By surface analysis, pejorar + -tivo
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: pe‧jo‧ra‧ti‧vo
Noun
[edit]pejorativo m (plural pejorativos)
- pejorative (disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression)
Synonyms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]pejorativo (feminine pejorativa, masculine plural pejorativos, feminine plural pejorativas)
- pejorative; disparaging
- Synonym: depreciativo
- Antonyms: apreciativo, elogioso, meliorativo
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pejorativo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “pejorativo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “pejorativo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “pejorativo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “pejorativo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “pejorativo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Categories:
- Portuguese terms borrowed from French
- Portuguese terms derived from French
- Portuguese terms derived from Late Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -tivo
- Portuguese 5-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ivu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ivu/5 syllables
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