descaradamente

Portuguese

Etymology

descarado in feminine form, descarada + -mente

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kaˌɾa.daˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/, /d͡ʒis.kaˌɾa.daˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kaˌɾa.daˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/, /d͡ʒis.kaˌɾa.daˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃ.kaˌɾa.daˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/, /d͡ʒiʃ.kaˌɾa.daˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kaˌɾa.daˈmẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kɐˌɾa.dɐˈmẽ.tɨ/ [dɨʃ.kɐˌɾa.ðɐˈmẽ.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: des‧ca‧ra‧da‧men‧te

Adverb

descaradamente (comparable, comparative mais descaradamente, superlative o mais descaradamente)

1. in a bald-faced way

   Synonym: na cara dura

Spanish

Etymology

From descarado +‎ -mente.

Adverb

descaradamente

1. blatantly
2. brazenly, shamelessly, audaciously, in bald-faced way
3. unabashedly, openly
4. sassily, saucily, cheekily

Derived terms

• mentir descaradamente (“to lie through one's teeth, to tell a bald-faced lie”)

 

Further reading

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