ímprobo

See also: improbo and improbó

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈĩ.pɾo.bu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈĩ.pɾo.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈĩ.pɾo.bo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈĩ.pɾu.bu/ [ˈĩ.pɾu.βu]

• Hyphenation: ím‧pro‧bo

Adjective

ímprobo (feminine ímproba, masculine plural ímprobos, feminine plural ímprobas)

1. dishonest, unfair

   Synonyms: desonesto, injusto

2. (figuratively, of an activity) exhaustive, tiresome

   Synonyms: exaustivo, árduo, fatigante

Related terms

• improbidade

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin improbus.

Adjective

ímprobo (feminine ímproba, masculine plural ímprobos, feminine plural ímprobas)

1. dishonest, corrupt
2. strenuous
3. enormous (especially used to describe effort or workload)

   ímprobo esfuerzo ― enormous effort

   ímprobo trabajo ― huge job/task/workload

   • 1883, Emilia Pardo Bazán, La Tribuna:

     El que viese aquellos cañutos dorados, ligeros y deleznables como las ilusiones de la niñez, no podía figurarse el trabajo ímprobo que representaba su elaboración.

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Related terms

• improbidad

 

Further reading

• “ímprobo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014