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Portuguese
Etymology
From tara + -ado.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tarado (feminine tarada, masculine plural tarados, feminine plural taradas)
- crazy
- Synonyms: maluco, doido, louco
- sexually perverted
- Synonyms: pervertido, depravado
Participle
tarado (feminine tarada, masculine plural tarados, feminine plural taradas)
- past participle of tarar
Spanish
Etymology
From tarar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taˈɾado/
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: ta‧ra‧do
Adjective
tarado (feminine tarada, masculine plural tarados, feminine plural taradas)
- stupid, dumb
- Synonyms: tonto, estúpido, tarúpido, retrasado
- faulty, deficient
- Synonyms: dañado, defectuoso, deficiente, fallado, imperfecto, malogrado
Noun
tarado m (plural tarados, feminine tarada, feminine plural taradas)
- (colloquial) bozo, idiot, moron
Usage notes
- Although in some contexts zonzo, bobo, tonto, menso, culero, tarado, idiota, imbécil, estúpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts these adjectives each have a different degree of severity, with zonzo having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in this rough order, to estúpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive sense.
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Participle
tarado (feminine tarada, masculine plural tarados, feminine plural taradas)
- past participle of tarar
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