feio

See also: feîo

Portuguese

uma mulher feia (an ugly woman)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese feo (“ugly”), from Latin foedus (“hideous”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to frighten; be afraid”). Cognate with Galician feo, Asturian feu and Spanish feo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfej.u/ [ˈfeɪ̯.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfej.u/ [ˈfeɪ̯.u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfej.o/ [ˈfeɪ̯.o]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɐj.u/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɐj.u/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfej.u/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfej.u/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.u/

• Rhymes: -eju, -ɐju
• Hyphenation: fei‧o

Noun

feio m (plural feios, feminine feia, feminine plural feias)

1. an ugly person

Adjective

feio (feminine feia, masculine plural feios, feminine plural feias, comparable, comparative mais feio, superlative o mais feio or feiíssimo, diminutive feiinho, augmentative feião)

1. ugly (visually unpleasant)

   Synonym: feioso

   Antonyms: bonito, belo, lindo

   prédio feio ― ugly building

   jaqueta feia ― ugly jacket

   rapaz feio ― ugly young man

2. (figurative) wrong, immoral

   Synonyms: errado, imoral, antiético

   Antonyms: correto, moral, ético

   Você roubou comida? Que feio!

   Have you stolen food? How wicked!

3. (figurative) disrespectful, impolite, rude

   Synonyms: rude, desrespeitoso, deseducado, descortês, errado

   Antonyms: educado, cortês, correto

   É feio arrotar enquanto se come.

   It is rude to burp while eating.

Inflection

feio

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	feio	feia	feios	feias
comparative	mais feio	mais feia	mais feios	mais feias
superlative	feiíssimo	feiíssima	feiíssimos	feiíssimas
augmentative	feião	feiona	feiões	feionas
diminutive	feiinho	feiinha	feiinhos	feiinhas

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “general”): bonito, belo, lindo

Adverb

feio (comparable, comparative mais feio, superlative o mais feio)

1. in an ugly manner
2. severely, critically, very much (used when the result is negative)

   Errou feio! ― You severely missed it!