pior

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See also: piór and Piór

Asturian

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Adjective

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pior (epicene, plural piores)

  1. worse
  2. worst

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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pior m or f (plural piores)

  1. worse; worst (with definite article)

Derived terms

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Adverb

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pior

  1. worse

References

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  1. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (20062013), “pior”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  2. pior” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Latin

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Verb

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pior

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of piō

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈɔʁ/ [pɪˈɔh], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpjɔʁ/ [ˈpjɔh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /piˈɔɾ/ [pɪˈɔɾ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpjɔɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /piˈɔʁ/ [pɪˈɔχ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpjɔʁ/ [ˈpjɔχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /piˈɔɻ/ [pɪˈɔɻ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpjɔɻ/
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾ, (Brazil) -ɔʁ
  • Hyphenation: pi‧or
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Adjective

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pior m or f (plural piores)

  1. comparative degree of mau, comparative degree of ruim: worse; worst (with definite article)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Macanese: pió

Adverb

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pior

  1. comparative degree of mal: worse

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:pior.

Further reading

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