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Portuguese
Etymology
From encardir (“to make grubby”), from cárdeo (“thistle coloured”), from cardo (“thistle”), from Latin carduus (“thistle”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.du/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.du/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.du/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.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
encardido (feminine encardida, masculine plural encardidos, feminine plural encardidas)
- grubby; very dirty
- Synonyms: imundo, sujo
- Antonym: limpo
- (Rio Grande do Sul) ugly
- Synonym: feio
- Antonyms: belo, bonito, formoso
Related terms
Noun
encardido m (plural encardidos, feminine encardida, feminine plural encardidas)
- a filthy person
- Synonyms: imundo, sujo
- (uncountable) filth in cloth
- Synonyms: sujeira, mancha