pífio
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish pifia (“mistake, flaw”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
editpífio (feminine pífia, masculine plural pífios, feminine plural pífias, comparable)
- cheap (of low quality or taste)
- (of an object, person or matter) petty, trifle, paltry
- (of a quantity) small, negligible, insignificant
- Synonym: irrisório
- 2019 August 6, “Anatel: TV paga perde quase 3,3 milhões de assinantes em 5 anos”, in UOL[1]:
- Com exceção da Oi, que apresentou um crescimento pífio de 1,77% em 12 meses, todas as outras operadoras perderam parte de sua base de assinantes.
- With the exception of Oi, which showed a despicable growth of 1.77% in 12 months, all the other operators lost part of their subscriber base.
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ifiu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ifiu/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ifju
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ifju/3 syllables
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