feio

See also: feîo

Portuguese
uma mulher feia (an ugly woman)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese feo (“ugly”), from Latin foedus (“hideous”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to frighten; be afraid”). Cognate with Galician feo, Asturian feu and Spanish feo.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfej.u/ [ˈfeɪ̯.u]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfej.o/ [ˈfeɪ̯.o]
 

  • Rhymes: -eju, -ɐju
  • Hyphenation: fei‧o

Noun

feio m (plural feios, feminine feia, feminine plural feias)

  1. an ugly person

Adjective

feio (feminine feia, masculine plural feios, feminine plural feias, comparable, comparative mais feio, superlative o mais feio or feiíssimo, diminutive feiinho, augmentative feião)

  1. ugly (visually unpleasant)
    Synonym: feioso
    Antonyms: bonito, belo, lindo
    prédio feio ― ugly building
    jaqueta feia ― ugly jacket
    rapaz feio ― ugly young man
  2. (figurative) wrong, immoral
    Synonyms: errado, imoral, antiético
    Antonyms: correto, moral, ético
    Você roubou comida? Que feio!
    Have you stolen food? How wicked!
  3. (figurative) disrespectful, impolite, rude
    Synonyms: rude, desrespeitoso, deseducado, descortês, errado
    Antonyms: educado, cortês, correto
    É feio arrotar enquanto se come.
    It is rude to burp while eating.

Inflection
feio
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
positive feio feia feios feias
comparative mais feio mais feia mais feios mais feias
superlative feiíssimo feiíssima feiíssimos feiíssimas
augmentative feião feiona feiões feionas
diminutive feiinho feiinha feiinhos feiinhas

Antonyms

Adverb

feio (comparable, comparative mais feio, superlative o mais feio)

  1. in an ugly manner
  2. severely, critically, very much (used when the result is negative)
    Errou feio! ― You severely missed it!
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