querido

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Galician

Participle

querido (feminine querida, masculine plural queridos, feminine plural queridas)

  1. past participle of querer

Portuguese

Etymology

Past participle of querer. Displaced expected *quesido.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

querido (feminine querida, masculine plural queridos, feminine plural queridas)

  1. dear
  2. lovely, cute

Noun

querido m (plural queridos, feminine querida, feminine plural queridas)

  1. sweetheart
  2. darling

Participle

querido (feminine querida, masculine plural queridos, feminine plural queridas)

  1. past participle of querer

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of querer. Displaced old quisto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keˈɾido/
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Syllabification: que‧ri‧do

Adjective

querido (feminine querida, masculine plural queridos, feminine plural queridas, superlative queridísimo)

  1. dear (also used in letter introductions, etc.)
  2. (colloquial, Colombia) handsome (guy), beautiful (girl)

Derived terms

Noun

querido m (plural queridos, feminine querida, feminine plural queridas)

  1. sweetheart
  2. lover
  3. the letter Q in the Spanish spelling alphabet

Participle

querido (feminine querida, masculine plural queridos, feminine plural queridas)

  1. past participle of querer

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