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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
Noun
tarado m (plural tarados, feminine tarada, feminine plural taradas)
- a sexual pervert
- Synonym: pervertido
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.
Participle
tarado (feminine tarada, masculine plural tarados, feminine plural taradas)
- past participle of tarar
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