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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pifia (“mistake, flaw”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpi.fi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈpi.fju/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpi.fi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈpi.fju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpi.fi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈpi.fjo/
Adjective
pífio (feminine pífia, masculine plural pífios, feminine plural pífias, comparable)
- cheap (of low quality or taste)
- Synonyms: meia-boca, fraco
- (of an object, person or matter) petty, trifle, paltry
- Synonyms: reles, ordinário
- (of a quantity) small, negligible, insignificant
- Synonym: irrisório
2019 August 6, “Anatel: TV paga perde quase 3,3 milhões de assinantes em 5 anos”, in UOL:Com exceção da Oi, que apresentou um crescimento pífio de 1,77% em 12 meses, todas as outras operadoras perderam parte de sua base de assinantes.- With the exception of Oi, which showed a despicable growth of 1.77% in 12 months, all the other operators lost part of their subscriber base.
Further reading
- “pífio”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
- “pífio”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024