hirsuto

Latin

Adjective

hī̆rsūtō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of hī̆rsūtus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hirsūtus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iʁˈsu.tu/ [ihˈsu.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iʁˈsu.tu/ [ihˈsu.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /iɾˈsu.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʁˈsu.tu/ [iχˈsu.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /iɻˈsu.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iɾˈsu.tu/

• Rhymes: -utu
• Hyphenation: hir‧su‧to

Adjective

hirsuto (feminine hirsuta, masculine plural hirsutos, feminine plural hirsutas)

1. hirsute; hairy
2. unkempt, dishevelled
3. (figurative) boorish, rude (lacking manners)

Further reading

• “hirsuto”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “hirsuto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hirsūtus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɾˈsuto/ [iɾˈsu.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -uto
• Syllabification: hir‧su‧to

Adjective

hirsuto (feminine hirsuta, masculine plural hirsutos, feminine plural hirsutas)

1. hirsute; hairy

Further reading

• “hirsuto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10