estúpido

See also: estupido

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin stupidus.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: es‧tú‧pi‧do
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈtu.pi.du/, /esˈtu.pi.du/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈtu.pi.du/, /eʃˈtu.pi.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈtu.pi.do/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈtu.pi.du/ [(i)ʃˈtu.pi.ðu]

Adjective

estúpido (feminine estúpida, masculine plural estúpidos, feminine plural estúpidas)

  1. stupid
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
  2. rude
  3. overused, exaggerated

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stupidus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈtupido/ [esˈt̪u.pi.ð̞o]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -upido
  • Syllabification: es‧tú‧pi‧do

Adjective

estúpido (feminine estúpida, masculine plural estúpidos, feminine plural estúpidas)

  1. stupid
    Synonym: (vulgar) gilipollas

Usage notes

  • Although in some contexts zonzo, bobo, tonto, menso, culero, tarado, idiota, imbécil, estúpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts they have a different degree, zonzo having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in roughly that order, to estúpido and pendejo, which are the most offensive.

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