encardido

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From encardir (to make grubby), from cárdeo (thistle coloured), from cardo (thistle), from Latin carduus (thistle).

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.du/ [ẽ.kaɦˈd͡ʒi.du], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.du/ [ĩ.kaɦˈd͡ʒi.du]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaɾˈd͡ʒi.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaɾˈd͡ʒi.du/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaɻˈd͡ʒi.do/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaɻˈd͡ʒi.do/

Adjective[edit]

encardido (feminine encardida, masculine plural encardidos, feminine plural encardidas)

  1. grubby; very dirty
    Synonyms: imundo, sujo
    Antonym: limpo
  2. (Rio Grande do Sul) ugly
    Synonym: feio
    Antonyms: belo, bonito, formoso

Related terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

encardido m (plural encardidos, feminine encardida, feminine plural encardidas)

  1. a filthy person
    Synonyms: imundo, sujo
  2. (uncountable) filth in cloth
    Synonyms: sujeira, mancha