ridículo

See also: ridiculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rīdiculus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lu/ [hiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lu/ [hiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lu/ [χiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lo/ [hiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈdi.ku.lu/ [ʁiˈði.ku.lu]

• Rhymes: -ikulu
• Hyphenation: ri‧dí‧cu‧lo

Adjective

ridículo (feminine ridícula, masculine plural ridículos, feminine plural ridículas)

1. ridiculous

Derived terms

• ridiculamente
• ridicularia
• ridiculizar

Noun

ridículo m (plural ridículos)

1. ridicule, mockery

Further reading

• “ridículo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rīdiculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈdikulo/ [riˈð̞i.ku.lo]
• Rhymes: -ikulo
• Hyphenation: ri‧dí‧cu‧lo

Adjective

ridículo (feminine ridícula, masculine plural ridículos, feminine plural ridículas, superlative ridiculísimo)

1. ridiculous

Noun

ridículo m (plural ridículos)

1. ridicule, ridiculousness, laughableness (ridiculous situation)

Derived terms

• ridiculizar

Related terms

• reír
• risa

Further reading

• “ridículo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014