tarado

Portuguese

Etymology

From tara +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /taˈɾa.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /taˈɾa.do/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐˈɾa.du/ [tɐˈɾa.ðu]

  • Hyphenation: ta‧ra‧do

Adjective

tarado (feminine tarada, masculine plural tarados, feminine plural taradas)

  1. crazy
    Synonyms: maluco, doido, louco
  2. sexually perverted
    Synonyms: pervertido, depravado

Noun

tarado m (plural tarados, feminine tarada, feminine plural taradas)

  1. a sexual pervert
    Synonym: pervertido

Participle

tarado (feminine tarada, masculine plural tarados, feminine plural taradas)

  1. past participle of tarar

Spanish

Etymology

From tarar +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈɾado/ [t̪aˈɾa.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: ta‧ra‧do

Adjective

tarado (feminine tarada, masculine plural tarados, feminine plural taradas)

  1. stupid, dumb
    Synonyms: tonto, estúpido, tarúpido, retrasado
  2. faulty, deficient
    Synonyms: dañado, defectuoso, deficiente, fallado, imperfecto, malogrado

Noun

tarado m (plural tarados, feminine tarada, feminine plural taradas)

  1. (colloquial) bozo, idiot, moron

Usage notes

  • Although in some contexts zonzo, bobo, tonto, menso, culero, tarado, idiota, imbécil, estúpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts these adjectives each have a different degree of severity, with zonzo having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in this rough order, to estúpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive sense.

Participle

tarado (feminine tarada, masculine plural tarados, feminine plural taradas)

  1. past participle of tarar

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