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Asturian
Adjective
pior (epicene, plural piores)
- worse
- worst
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese peor, peior, from Latin peior, peiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
pior m or f (plural piores)
- worse; worst (with definite article)
Derived terms
Adverb
pior
- worse
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pior”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “pior” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Latin
Verb
pior
- first-person singular present passive indicative of piō
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese peor, peior, from Latin peiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾ, (Brazil) -ɔʁ
- Hyphenation: pi‧or
Adjective
pior m or f (plural piores)
- comparative degree of mau, comparative degree of ruim: worse; worst (with definite article)
Derived terms
Descendants
Adverb
pior
- comparative degree of mal: worse
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:pior.
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