peor

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese peior, from Latin peior, peiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”). Cognate with Portuguese pior, Spanish peor.

Pronunciation

Adjective

peor m or f (plural peores)

  1. comparative degree of mao: worse
    Antonym: mellor
  2. superlative degree of mao: worst
    Antonym: mellor

Adverb

peor

  1. comparative degree of mal, worse
    Antonym: mellor

Derived terms

References

  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “peyor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “peor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “peor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “peor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “peor” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin pavor, pavōrem.

Noun

peor oblique singular, f (oblique plural peors, nominative singular peor, nominative plural peors)

  1. fear

Descendants

  • French: peur
  • Walloon: peu

Portuguese

Adjective

peor m or f (plural peores)

  1. Obsolete spelling of pior.

Adverb

peor

  1. Obsolete spelling of pior.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin peiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈoɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: pe‧or

Adjective

peor m or f (masculine and feminine plural peores)

  1. comparative degree of malo: worse
  2. superlative degree of malo: worst

Antonyms

Derived terms

Adverb

peor

  1. comparative degree of mal, worse

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