peyorativo

Ladino

Adjective

peyorativo (feminine peyorativa, masculine plural peyorativos, feminine plural peyorativas)

  1. pejorative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French péjoratif, from Late Latin pejōrātus, perfect passive participle of pejōrō (“to make worse”), from pejor (“worse”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /peʝoɾaˈtibo/ [pe.ʝo.ɾaˈt̪i.β̞o] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /peʃoɾaˈtibo/ [pe.ʃo.ɾaˈt̪i.β̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /peʒoɾaˈtibo/ [pe.ʒo.ɾaˈt̪i.β̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -ibo
  • Syllabification: pe‧yo‧ra‧ti‧vo

Adjective

peyorativo (feminine peyorativa, masculine plural peyorativos, feminine plural peyorativas)

  1. pejorative
    Synonyms: despectivo, despreciativo

Noun

peyorativo m (plural peyorativos)

  1. pejorative (disparaging, belittling or derogatory word or expression)

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