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Portuguese
Etymology
From abusar + -ado.
Pronunciation
Adjective
abusado (feminine abusada, masculine plural abusados, feminine plural abusadas)
- (Brazil, informal) cheeky, sassy, impertinent, meddlesome
- Synonym: atrevido
Participle
abusado (feminine abusada, masculine plural abusados, feminine plural abusadas)
- past participle of abusar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abuˈsado/
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: a‧bu‧sa‧do
Etymology 1
Participle
abusado (feminine abusada, masculine plural abusados, feminine plural abusadas)
- past participle of abusar
Etymology 2
From aguzado (“sharp”), influenced by abusar.
Adjective
abusado (feminine abusada, masculine plural abusados, feminine plural abusadas)
- (Mexico, Central America) witty, sharp, shrewd
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish abusado (“abused”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
abusado (feminine abusada, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜐᜇᜓ)
- abusive
- Synonyms: mapagmalabis, mapagsamantala, mapang-api, (male) abusero, (female) abusera, abusibo
Further reading
- “abusado” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “abusado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 5