mofino

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈfĩ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈfĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈfi.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈfi.nu/

• Rhymes: -inu, (Brazil) -ĩnu
• Hyphenation: mo‧fi‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish mohíno, from Andalusian Arabic مُهِين (muhīn), from Arabic مَهِين (mahīn).

Adjective

mofino (feminine mofina, masculine plural mofinos, feminine plural mofinas)

1. stingy; narrow-minded
2. scarce
3. shy
4. unhappy; baleful; sad
5. cranky; sick
6. turbulent
7. (Northeast Brazil, derogatory) weak
8. (Northeast Brazil, derogatory, of a man) effeminate

Noun

mofino m (plural mofinos, feminine mofina, feminine plural mofinas)

1. unhappy, petty, or narrow-minded individual

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Kabuverdianu mufine.

Adjective

mofino (feminine mofina, masculine plural mofinos, feminine plural mofinas)

1. weak of character; coward

Further reading

• “mofino”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “mofino”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “mofino” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “mofino”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “mofino”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “mofino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024