ríspido

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin hispidus, with the change to inital r stemming from a prefix re-. Compare Spanish ríspido, Italian ispido.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁis.pi.du/ [ˈhis.pi.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁis.pi.du/ [ˈhis.pi.du]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁiʃ.pi.du/ [ˈχiʃ.pi.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁis.pi.do/ [ˈhis.pi.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁiʃ.pi.du/ [ˈʁiʃ.pi.ðu]

• Rhymes: -ispidu
• Hyphenation: rís‧pi‧do

Adjective

ríspido (feminine ríspida, masculine plural ríspidos, feminine plural ríspidas)

1. rude; impolite

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cortês

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:cortês

2. severe; strict; harsh

   Synonyms: duro, severo, rígido

   Antonyms: leniente, brando, suave

Derived terms

• rispidez

Further reading

• “ríspido”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “ríspido”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “ríspido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “ríspido”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin hispidus, with the change to inital r stemming from a prefix re-. Compare Portuguese ríspido, Italian ispido.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrispido/ [ˈris.pi.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ispido
• Syllabification: rís‧pi‧do

Adjective

ríspido (feminine ríspida, masculine plural ríspidos, feminine plural ríspidas)

1. coarse

   Synonym: gordo

2. rough

   Synonyms: áspero, rugoso

Further reading

• “ríspido”, 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