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peor

Galician edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese peior, from Latin peior, peiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”). Cognate with Portuguese pior, Spanish peor.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [peˈoɾ], [ˈpjoɾ]

Adjective edit

peor m or f (plural peores)

  1. comparative degree of mao: worse
    Antonym: mellor
  2. superlative degree of mao: worst
    Antonym: mellor

Adverb edit

peor

  1. comparative degree of mal, worse
    Antonym: mellor

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “peyor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “peor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “peor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “peor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “peor” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin pavor, pavōrem.

Noun edit

peor oblique singular, f (oblique plural peors, nominative singular peor, nominative plural peors)

  1. fear

Descendants edit

  • French: peur
  • Walloon: peu

Portuguese edit

Adjective edit

peor m or f (plural peores)

  1. Obsolete spelling of pior

Adverb edit

peor

  1. Obsolete spelling of pior

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin peiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /peˈoɾ/ [peˈoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: pe‧or

Adjective edit

peor m or f (masculine and feminine plural peores)

  1. comparative degree of malo: worse
  2. superlative degree of malo: worst

Antonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Adverb edit

peor

  1. comparative degree of mal, worse

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

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