lerdo
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish lerdo, of unknown origin.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: ler‧do
AdjectiveEdit
lerdo m (feminine singular lerda, masculine plural lerdos, feminine plural lerdas, comparable)
SynonymsEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Uncertain; presumably from Late Latin lurdus (“slow; stupid”), often suggested to be from derived from Latin lūridus (“sallow, pale”).[1]
AdjectiveEdit
lerdo (feminine singular lerda, masculine plural lerdos, feminine plural lerdas)
- slow, sluggish, of animals
- dim-witted, oafish, inefficient
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1983–1991) , “LERDO”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 358