pródigo
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin prōdigus (“wasteful, lavish, prodigal”), from prōdigō (“to squander, waste; to use up, consume”), from prō- + agō (“to do, make, drive”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɾɔ.d͡ʒi.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɾɔ.d͡ʒi.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɾɔ.di.ɡu/ [ˈpɾɔ.ði.ɣu]
Adjective
pródigo (feminine pródiga, masculine plural pródigos, feminine plural pródigas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “pródigo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin prōdigus (“wasteful, lavish, prodigal”), from prōdigō (“to squander, waste; to use up, consume”), from prō- + agō (“to do, make, drive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾodiɡo/ [ˈpɾo.ð̞i.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -odiɡo
- Syllabification: pró‧di‧go
Adjective
pródigo (feminine pródiga, masculine plural pródigos, feminine plural pródigas)
- lavish, prodigal, wastefully extravagant
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “pródigo”, 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