esguio

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin exiguus. Doublet of the borrowing exíguo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /izˈɡi.u/, /izˈɡiw/ [izˈɡiʊ̯], /ezˈɡi.u/, /ezˈɡiw/ [ezˈɡiʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /izˈɡi.u/, /izˈɡiw/ [izˈɡiʊ̯], /ezˈɡi.u/, /ezˈɡiw/ [ezˈɡiʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʒˈɡi.u/, /iʒˈɡiw/ [iʒˈɡiʊ̯], /eʒˈɡi.u/, /eʒˈɡiw/ [eʒˈɡiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʒˈɡi.u/ [(i)ʒˈɣi.u]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʒˈɡi.u/ [(i)ʒˈɣi.u]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʒˈɡi.u/

• Hyphenation: es‧gui‧o

Adjective

esguio (feminine esguia, masculine plural esguios, feminine plural esguias)

1. slender and tall

Further reading

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