piorio

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Portuguese

Etymology

From pior +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.oˈɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /pjoˈɾi.u/, /pi.oˈɾiw/ , (faster pronunciation) /pjoˈɾiw/

  • Hyphenation: pi‧o‧ri‧o

Noun

piorio m (plural piorios)

  1. (colloquial) worst; awfulness
    • 2014, João Magueijo, chapter 4, in Bifes Mal Passados: Passeios e outras catástrofes por terras de Sua Majestade, →ISBN:
      Uma sua variante particularmente chavascosa são as férias dos lads, isto não verte bem para português, quer dizer férias de um grupo de «rapazes», da «malta», mas muito à inglesa, em suma, uma gandulagem do piorio.
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