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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -inu, (Brazil) -ĩnu
- Hyphenation: mo‧fi‧no
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanish mohíno, from Andalusian Arabic مُهِين (muhīn), from Arabic مَهِين (mahīn).
Adjective
mofino (feminine mofina, masculine plural mofinos, feminine plural mofinas)
- stingy; narrow-minded
- scarce
- shy
- unhappy; baleful; sad
- cranky; sick
- turbulent
- (Northeast Brazil, derogatory) weak
- (Northeast Brazil, derogatory, of a man) effeminate
Noun
mofino m (plural mofinos, feminine mofina, feminine plural mofinas)
- unhappy, petty, or narrow-minded individual
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Kabuverdianu mufine.
Adjective
mofino (feminine mofina, masculine plural mofinos, feminine plural mofinas)
- weak of character; coward
Further reading
- “mofino”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “mofino”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “mofino” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “mofino”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “mofino”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “mofino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025