abusado

Portuguese

Etymology

From abusar +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.buˈza.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.buˈza.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.buˈza.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.buˈza.du/ [ɐ.βuˈza.ðu]

Adjective

abusado (feminine abusada, masculine plural abusados, feminine plural abusadas)

1. (Brazil, informal) cheeky, sassy, impertinent, meddlesome

   Synonym: atrevido

Participle

abusado (feminine abusada, masculine plural abusados, feminine plural abusadas)

1. past participle of abusar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abuˈsado/ [a.β̞uˈsa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧bu‧sa‧do

Etymology 1

Participle

abusado (feminine abusada, masculine plural abusados, feminine plural abusadas)

1. past participle of abusar

Etymology 2

From aguzado (“sharp”), influenced by abusar.

Adjective

abusado (feminine abusada, masculine plural abusados, feminine plural abusadas)

1. (Mexico, Central America) witty, sharp, shrewd

Further reading

• “abusado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abusado (“abused”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabuˈsado/ [ʔɐ.bʊˈsaː.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧bu‧sa‧do

Adjective

abusado (feminine abusada, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜐᜇᜓ)

1. abusive

   Synonyms: mapagmalabis, mapagsamantala, mapang-api, (male) abusero, (female) abusera, abusibo

Related terms

• abusada
• abusera
• abusero
• abusibo
• abuso

 

Further reading

• “abusado” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “abusado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 5