feio

See also: feîo

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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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɐj.u/, /ˈfej.u/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfej.u/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfej.o/
• Hyphenation: fei‧o
• Rhymes: -eju

Noun

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

1. an ugly person

Adjective

feio m (feminine singular feia, masculine plural feios, feminine plural feias, comparable)

1. ugly (visually unpleasant)

   prédio feio ― ugly building

   jaqueta feia ― ugly jacket

   rapaz feio ― ugly young man

   Synonym: feioso

2. (figuratively) wrong, immoral

   Você roubou comida? Que feio!

   Have you stolen food? How wicked!

   Synonyms: errado, imoral

3. (figuratively) disrespectful, impolite, rude

   É feio arrotar enquanto se come.

   It is rude to burp while eating.

   Synonyms: rude, desrespeitoso, deseducado, errado

Inflection

Inflection of feio

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	feio	feia	feios	feias
comparative	mais feio	mais feia	mais feios	mais feias
superlative	o mais feio feiíssimo	a mais feia feiíssima	os mais feios feiíssimos	as mais feias feiíssimas
augmentative	feião	feiona	feiões	feionas
diminutive	feiinho	feiinha	feiinhos	feiinhas

Antonyms

• (general): bonito, belo, lindo

Adverb

feio (comparative mais feio superlative o mais feio)

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

   Errou feio! ― You severely missed it!