feio

See also: feîo

Portuguese

uma mulher feia (an ugly woman)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese feo (“ugly”), from Latin foedus (“hideous”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoyǝ- (“to frighten; be afraid”). Cognate with Galician feo, Asturian feu and Spanish feo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfej.u/ [ˈfeɪ̯.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfej.u/ [ˈfeɪ̯.u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfej.o/ [ˈfeɪ̯.o]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɐj.u/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɐj.u/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfej.u/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.u/

• Rhymes: -eju, -ɐju
• Hyphenation: fei‧o

Noun

feio m (plural feios, feminine feia, feminine plural feias)

1. an ugly person

Adjective

feio (feminine feia, masculine plural feios, feminine plural feias, comparable, comparative mais feio, superlative o mais feio or feiíssimo, diminutive feiinho, augmentative feião)

1. ugly (visually unpleasant)

   prédio feio ― ugly building

   jaqueta feia ― ugly jacket

   rapaz feio ― ugly young man

   Synonym: feioso

   Antonyms: bonito, belo, lindo

2. (figuratively) wrong, immoral

   Você roubou comida? Que feio!

   Have you stolen food? How wicked!

   Synonyms: errado, imoral, antiético

   Antonyms: correto, moral, ético

3. (figuratively) disrespectful, impolite, rude

   É feio arrotar enquanto se come.

   It is rude to burp while eating.

   Synonyms: rude, desrespeitoso, deseducado, descortês, errado

   Antonyms: educado, cortês, correto

Antonyms

• (general): bonito, belo, lindo

Adverb

feio (comparable, comparative mais feio, superlative o mais feio)

1. in an ugly manner
2. severely, critically, very much (used when the result is negative)

   Errou feio! ― You severely missed it!