pródigo

See also: prodigo, prodigó, and prodigò

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin prōdigus (“wasteful, lavish, prodigal”), from prōdigō (“to squander, waste; to use up, consume”), from prō- +‎ agō (“to do, make, drive”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɔ.d͡ʒi.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɔ.d͡ʒi.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɔ.d͡ʒi.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɔ.di.ɡu/ [ˈpɾɔ.ði.ɣu]

Adjective

pródigo (feminine pródiga, masculine plural pródigos, feminine plural pródigas)

1. prodigal

Related terms

• prodigalidade

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prōdigus (“wasteful, lavish, prodigal”), from prōdigō (“to squander, waste; to use up, consume”), from prō- +‎ agō (“to do, make, drive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾodiɡo/ [ˈpɾo.ð̞i.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -odiɡo
• Syllabification: pró‧di‧go

Adjective

pródigo (feminine pródiga, masculine plural pródigos, feminine plural pródigas)

1. lavish, prodigal, wastefully extravagant

Derived terms

• hijo pródigo

 

Related terms

• prodigalidad

 

Further reading

• “pródigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28