sucio

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See also: Sucio

Asturian

Pronunciation

Adjective

sucio

  1. neuter of suciu

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish sucio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsusjo/,
  • Rhymes: -usjo
  • Hyphenation: su‧cio

Adjective

sucio

  1. dirty

Derived terms

See also

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an older suçio, from Latin succidus, variant of sūcidus (juicy; oily, greasy). Compare Portuguese sujo and Spanish sucio.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈsuθjo/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /ˈsusjo/

 

  • Hyphenation: su‧cio

Adjective

sucio (feminine sucia, masculine plural sucios, feminine plural sucias)

  1. dirty, unclean
    Antonym: limpo
  2. impure
    Antonym: puro
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 47:
      os demoes que son spiritus maaos et suçios
      the demons, which are evil and impure spirits

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish suzio, from Latin sūcidus (juicy; oily, greasy), from sūcus (juice, sap) whence English succinite (Baltic amber). Compare Ladino suzio. For the sound change of the ending, compare limpio from Latin limpidus, and Old Spanish pudio from pūtidus.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈsuθjo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsusjo/
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uθjo
  • Rhymes: -usjo
  • Syllabification: su‧cio

Adjective

sucio (feminine sucia, masculine plural sucios, feminine plural sucias)

  1. dirty, filthy
    Synonym: cerdo
    Antonym: limpio
  2. sinful, tainted
    Synonyms: pecaminoso, contaminado
  3. obscene, vulgar
    Synonyms: obsceno, vulgar

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Chavacano: sucio

Adverb

sucio

  1. dirty (in a dirty manner)
    Háblame sucio, papazote.
    Talk dirty to me, daddy.

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “sucio”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, page 324

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