mórbido

See also: morbido

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“sickness”), itself from the root of morior (“die”) or directly from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔʁ.bi.du/ [ˈmɔɦ.bi.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔʁ.bi.du/ [ˈmɔɦ.bi.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɾ.bi.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔʁ.bi.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɻ.bi.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɾ.bi.du/ [ˈmɔɾ.βi.ðu]

Adjective

mórbido (feminine mórbida, masculine plural mórbidos, feminine plural mórbidas)

1. morbid (unhealthy or unwholesome, especially psychologically)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“sickness”), itself from the root of morior (“die”) or directly from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoɾbido/ [ˈmoɾ.β̞i.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -oɾbido
• Syllabification: mór‧bi‧do

Adjective

mórbido (feminine mórbida, masculine plural mórbidos, feminine plural mórbidas)

1. morbid

Derived terms

• obesidad mórbida

 

Further reading

• “mórbido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16