simplório
Portuguese
Etymology
From simples + -ório.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sĩˈplɔ.ɾi.u/ [sĩˈplɔ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /sĩˈplɔ.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sĩˈplɔ.ɾi.o/ [sĩˈplɔ.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /sĩˈplɔ.ɾjo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sĩˈplɔ.ɾju/
- Rhymes: -ɔɾiu, -ɔɾju
- Hyphenation: sim‧pló‧ri‧o
Adjective
simplório (feminine simplória, masculine plural simplórios, feminine plural simplórias)
- (derogatory) gullible, innocent, naive (easily deceived)
Noun
simplório m (plural simplórios, feminine simplória, feminine plural simplórias)
- (derogatory) gullible (harmless individual who is easily deceived)
Further reading
- “simplório”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “simplório”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025