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Portuguese
Etymology
Literally, “zero at the left”. An analogy to zeros written before a number. For example, both 020 and 20 have exactly the same numerical value, thus the leading zero before the 2 makes no numerical difference. Compare Spanish cero a la izquierda.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈzɛ.ɾu a isˈkeʁ.dɐ/ , /ˈzɛ.ɾu a esˈkeʁ.dɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈzɛ.ɾu a isˈkeʁ.dɐ/ , /ˈzɛ.ɾu a esˈkeʁ.dɐ/
Noun
zero à esquerda m (plural zeros à esquerda)
- (informal, derogatory) a good-for-nothing (a person of low worth or usefulness or a person who is incompetent or ignorant in a particular area or task)
- 2013, José Fernandes de Oliveira Pe. Zezinho, Reflexões ao longo de uma fé: Sobre as angústias e as alegrias do ser humano, Ação Social Claretiana (Editora Ave-Maria) →ISBN
Portanto, jamais se proclame um zero à esquerda. Quando Antônio, desempregado há seis meses, declarou-se um zero à esquerda e disse que valia menos que um “jegue de beira de estrada”, estava dramatizando. Até os jegues de beira ...- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Ela se casou com João? Aquele zero à esquerda!- Did she marry John? That good-for-nothing!