peyorativo
Ladino
Adjective
peyorativo (Latin spelling, feminine peyorativa, masculine plural peyorativos, feminine plural peyorativas)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French péjoratif, from Late Latin pejōrātus, perfect passive participle of pejōrō (“to make worse”), from pejor (“worse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /peʝoɾaˈtibo/ [pe.ʝo.ɾaˈt̪i.β̞o]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /peʃoɾaˈtibo/ [pe.ʃo.ɾaˈt̪i.β̞o]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /peʒoɾaˈtibo/ [pe.ʒo.ɾaˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: pe‧yo‧ra‧ti‧vo
Adjective
peyorativo (feminine peyorativa, masculine plural peyorativos, feminine plural peyorativas)
Noun
peyorativo m (plural peyorativos)
- pejorative (disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression)
Related terms
Further reading
- “peyorativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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