pálido

Galician

Etymology

From Latin pallidus.

Adjective

pálido (feminine pálida, masculine plural pálidos, feminine plural pálidas)

1. pale, pallid

Derived terms

• palidez

Further reading

• “pálido”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin pallidus (“pale, pallid”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (“grey”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.li.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.li.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.li.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.li.du/ [ˈpa.li.ðu]

• Rhymes: -alidu
• Hyphenation: pá‧li‧do

Adjective

pálido (feminine pálida, masculine plural pálidos, feminine plural pálidas, comparable, comparative mais pálido, superlative o mais pálido or palidíssimo, diminutive palidinho, augmentative palidão)

1. ashen
2. pale, pallid

Derived terms

• empalidecer
• joão-de-bico-pálido
• palidamente
• palidejar
• palidez

Further reading

• “pálido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “pálido”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pallidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpalido/ [ˈpa.li.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -alido
• Syllabification: pá‧li‧do

Adjective

pálido (feminine pálida, masculine plural pálidos, feminine plural pálidas)

1. ashen, pale, pallid, pasty

Derived terms

• aguilucho pálido
• esturión pálido
• lirio pálido
• palidez

Further reading

• “pálido”, 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