terrível

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Portuguese

Etymology

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Learned borrowing from Latin terribilis. By surface analysis, terror +‎ -ível.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ivɛl
  • Hyphenation: ter‧rí‧vel

Adjective

terrível m or f (plural terríveis, comparable, comparative mais terrível, superlative o mais terrível or terribilíssimo)

  1. terrible
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:amedrontador

Derived terms