nojento

Portuguese

Etymology

From nojo (“disgust”) +‎ -ento.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /noˈʒẽ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /noˈʒẽ.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈʒẽ.tu/

Rhymes: -ẽtu
Hyphenation: no‧jen‧to

Adjective

nojento (feminine nojenta, masculine plural nojentos, feminine plural nojentas, comparable, comparative mais nojento, superlative o mais nojento or nojentíssimo)

disgusting; gross
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 46:
  Olho-Tonto, você sabe que isso é nojento, não sabe?
  Mad-Eye, you know that this is disgusting, don't you?
(figurative, of a person) an arrogant and despicable individual; a smug

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nojento.

Synonyms

nauseante

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