coisado

Portuguese

Etymology

From coisa (“thing”) +‎ -ado (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kojˈza.du/ [koɪ̯ˈza.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kojˈza.du/ [koɪ̯ˈza.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kojˈza.do/ [koɪ̯ˈza.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kojˈza.du/ [kojˈza.ðu]

• Hyphenation: coi‧sa‧do

Noun

coisado m (plural coisados, feminine coisada, feminine plural coisadas)

1. (Brazil, informal, derogatory) weirdo

Adjective

coisado (feminine coisada, masculine plural coisados, feminine plural coisadas, comparable, comparative mais coisado, superlative coisadíssimo, diminutive coisadinho, augmentative coisadão)

1. (informal, humorous) A placeholder adjective used to say that something is strange or out of order and whose meaning can be inferred through context.

   Meu nariz está coisado.

   My nose is clogged.

Participle

coisado (feminine coisada, masculine plural coisados, feminine plural coisadas)

1. past participle of coisar

Related terms

• coisa
• coisar

 

Further reading

• “coisado” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “coisado” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.