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Etymology

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From tara +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tarado (feminine tarada, masculine plural tarados, feminine plural taradas)

  1. crazy
    Synonyms: maluco, doido, louco
  2. sexually perverted
    Synonyms: pervertido, depravado

Participle

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tarado (feminine tarada, masculine plural tarados, feminine plural taradas)

  1. past participle of tarar

Spanish

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Etymology

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From tarar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /taˈɾado/ [t̪aˈɾa.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: ta‧ra‧do

Adjective

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tarado (feminine tarada, masculine plural tarados, feminine plural taradas)

  1. stupid, dumb
    Synonyms: tonto, estúpido, tarúpido, retrasado
  2. faulty, deficient
    Synonyms: dañado, defectuoso, deficiente, fallado, imperfecto, malogrado

Noun

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tarado m (plural tarados, feminine tarada, feminine plural taradas)

  1. (colloquial) bozo, idiot, moron

Usage notes

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  • Although in some contexts zonzo, bobo, tonto, menso, culero, tarado, idiota, imbécil, estúpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts these adjectives each have a different degree of severity, with zonzo having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in this rough order, to estúpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive sense.
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Participle

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tarado (feminine tarada, masculine plural tarados, feminine plural taradas)

  1. past participle of tarar

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