pejorativo
Portuguese
Etymology
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
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pe.ʒo.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pe.ʒo.ɾaˈt͡ʃi.vo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨ.ʒu.ɾɐˈti.vu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨ.ʒu.ɾɐˈti.bu/ [pɨ.ʒu.ɾɐˈti.βu]
- Rhymes: -ivu
- Hyphenation: pe‧jo‧ra‧ti‧vo
Noun
pejorativo m (plural pejorativos)
- pejorative (disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression)
Synonyms
Adjective
pejorativo (feminine pejorativa, masculine plural pejorativos, feminine plural pejorativas)
- pejorative; disparaging
- Synonym: depreciativo
- Antonyms: apreciativo, elogioso, meliorativo
Further reading
- “pejorativo” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “pejorativo” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “pejorativo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “pejorativo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “pejorativo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “pejorativo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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