pió
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
pió m (plural pions)
Macanese
Etymology
From Portuguese pior, comparative form of mau, with the loss of final -r akin to the process in verb infinitives; compare -â.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pió
- comparative degree of mau: worse
- Pió qui êle, nunca olâ ― Worse than him, I've never seen
Adverb
pió
Usage notes
- bôm (“good”) and bêm (“well”) do not have a unique comparative form *miló or *milió descended from Portuguese melhor; más is appended before them instead, i.e. más bôm, más bêm.
- Often followed by qui to denote "worse than".
References
Spanish
Verb
pió
- Superseded spelling of pio, which was deprecated in 2010.