patético

• pathetico (obsolete)

From Latin patheticus (“pathetic”), from Ancient Greek παθητικός (pathētikós, “subject to feeling, capable of feeling, impassioned”), from παθητός (pathētós, “one who has suffered, subject to suffering”), from παθείν (patheín, “to suffer”). Unrelated to pateta.

patético (feminine patética, masculine plural patéticos, feminine plural patéticas)

1. pathetic (arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion)
2. pathetic (arousing scornful pity or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy)

• (arousing pity): comovente, compassivo, enternecedor, sensibilizante, tocante
• (arousing contempt): desprezível, inadequado, impróprio, ridículo

• nervo patético

• pateticamente
• patetice
• pateticismo
• patetismo

Borrowed from Latin pathēticus, from Ancient Greek παθητικός (pathētikós, “sensitive”), based on πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

• IPA^(key): /paˈtetiko/ [paˈt̪e.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -etiko
• Syllabification: pa‧té‧ti‧co

patético (feminine patética, masculine plural patéticos, feminine plural patéticas)

1. pathetic
2. (colloquial) awful, terrible (very bad)

   Synonyms: pésimo, fatal

• “patético”, 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