lerdo

Borrowed from Spanish lerdo, of unknown origin.

• Hyphenation: ler‧do

lerdo (feminine lerda, masculine plural lerdos, feminine plural lerdas, comparable)

1. slow

   Synonyms: devagar, lento, vagaroso

2. (by extension) stupid

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

Uncertain; presumably from Late Latin lurdus (“slow; stupid”), often suggested to be derived from Latin lūridus (“sallow, pale”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɾdo/ [ˈleɾ.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -eɾdo
• Syllabification: ler‧do

lerdo (feminine lerda, masculine plural lerdos, feminine plural lerdas)

1. slow, sluggish, of animals
2. dim-witted, oafish, inefficient

• “lerdo”, 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