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Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese folgado. By surface analysis, folgar + -ado.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /folˈɡado/
- IPA(key): (gheada) /folˈħado/
- Rhymes: -ado
- Hyphenation: fol‧ga‧do
Adjective
folgado (feminine folgada, masculine plural folgados, feminine plural folgadas)
- broad, wide
- Synonyms: ancho, largo
- (of clothes) loose
- Synonyms: frouxo, largo
- idle (not engaged in any occupation or employment)
- Synonym: ocioso
Participle
folgado (feminine folgada, masculine plural folgados, feminine plural folgadas)
- past participle of folgar
Further reading
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From folgar + -ado.
Participle
folgado
- past participle of folgar
Descendants
References
- Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “folgado”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese folgado. By surface analysis, folgar + -ado.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -adu
- Hyphenation: fol‧ga‧do
Adjective
folgado (feminine folgada, masculine plural folgados, feminine plural folgadas, comparable, comparative mais folgado, superlative o mais folgado or folgadíssimo, diminutive folgadinho, augmentative folgadão)
- loose, free
- Synonyms: livre, solto
- comfortable, satisfied
- Synonyms: confortável, cómodo, satisfeito
- (Brazil, derogatory) lazy
- Synonyms: preguiçoso, vagabundo
- (Brazil, derogatory) overconfident, cocky, cheeky, insolent
- Synonym: insolente
Derived terms
Noun
folgado m (plural folgados, feminine folgada, feminine plural folgadas)(Brazil, derogatory)
- lazy person
- Synonyms: preguiçoso, vagabundo
- cocky person
- Synonym: insolente
Participle
folgado (feminine folgada, masculine plural folgados, feminine plural folgadas)
- past participle of folgar
Spanish
Participle
folgado (feminine folgada, masculine plural folgados, feminine plural folgadas)
- past participle of folgar