demasiado
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /demasiˈado/ [d̪e.ma.s̺iˈa.ð̞ʊ]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Hyphenation: de‧ma‧sia‧do
Adjective
demasiado (feminine demasiada, masculine plural demasiados, feminine plural demasiadas)
- too much
- Synonym: de máis
Adverb
demasiado
- too, too much
- ¡Non quero saber xa nada , Porque demasiado sei!
- I don't want to know anything anymore, because I know too much!
Further reading
- “demasiado”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “demasiado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “demasiado”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “demasiado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From demasia (“excess”) + -ado.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.ma.ziˈa.du/ [de.ma.zɪˈa.du], (faster pronunciation) /de.maˈzja.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.ma.ziˈa.do/ [de.ma.zɪˈa.do], (faster pronunciation) /de.maˈzja.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.mɐˈzja.du/ [dɨ.mɐˈzja.ðu]
- Hyphenation: de‧ma‧si‧a‧do
Adjective
demasiado (feminine demasiada, masculine plural demasiados, feminine plural demasiadas)
Adverb
demasiado
- excessively, too, too much
Spanish
Etymology
From demasía (“excess”) + -ado.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /demaˈsjado/ [d̪e.maˈsja.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: de‧ma‧sia‧do
Adjective
demasiado (feminine demasiada, masculine plural demasiados, feminine plural demasiadas)
- too much, too many, excessive
- Ellos beben demasiado licor.
- They drink too much liquor.
- Amiga, ha pasado demasiado tiempo.
- Friend, it's been too long.
- (literally, “Too much time has passed.”)
Adverb
demasiado
- too much, excessively, far too much, overmuch (modifying a verb)
- Él se queja demasiado.
- He complains too much.
- too, far too, way too, much too, overly, all too excessively (modifying an adjective or other adverb)
- Hablas demasiado rápido.
- You're speaking too fast.
- demasiado poco, demasiado tarde ― too little, too late
- (informal) a lot, an awful lot, a whole lot, a great deal
- Aunque dices que no te importa, está claro que hablas de ellos demasiado.
- Even though you say you don't care, you sure talk about them an awful lot.
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “demasiado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024