encardido

Portuguese

Etymology

From encardir (“to make grubby”), from cárdeo (“thistle coloured”), from cardo (“thistle”), from Latin carduus (“thistle”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.du/ [ẽ.kaɦˈd͡ʒi.du], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.du/ [ĩ.kaɦˈd͡ʒi.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.du/ [ẽ.kaɦˈd͡ʒi.du], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.du/ [ĩ.kaɦˈd͡ʒi.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaɾˈd͡ʒi.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaɾˈd͡ʒi.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.du/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaɻˈd͡ʒi.du/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaɻˈd͡ʒi.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.do/ [ẽ.kaɦˈd͡ʒi.do], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kaʁˈd͡ʒi.do/ [ĩ.kaɦˈd͡ʒi.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɐɾˈdi.du/ [ẽ.kɐɾˈði.ðu]

Adjective

encardido (feminine encardida, masculine plural encardidos, feminine plural encardidas)

1. grubby; very dirty

   Synonyms: imundo, sujo

   Antonym: limpo

2. (Rio Grande do Sul) ugly

   Synonym: feio

   Antonyms: belo, bonito, formoso

Related terms

• encardir

Noun

encardido m (plural encardidos, feminine encardida, feminine plural encardidas)

1. a filthy person

   Synonyms: imundo, sujo

2. (uncountable) filth in cloth

   Synonyms: sujeira, mancha

Further reading

• “encardido”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “encardido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026