feo

See also: fẽo and fe'o

Esperanto

Etymology

From French fée and German Fee, by way of feino with the feminine suffix -ino.

Noun

feo (accusative singular feon, plural feoj, accusative plural feojn)

1. fairy

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Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeo̝/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese feo, from Latin foedus (“hideous”).

Adjective

feo m (feminine singular fea, masculine plural feos, feminine plural feas)

1. ugly

Derived terms

• feamente

Related terms

• fealdade

Etymology 2

From Old Portuguese fẽo, from Latin faenum (“hay”)

Noun

feo m (plural feos)

1. hay

Derived terms

• feal

Related terms

• fiúncho, fiollo

References

• “feo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.

• “feo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.

• “feo” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/TILG/>

• “feo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega. <http://ilg.usc.es/Tesouro>

Further reading

• “feo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin foedus (“hideous”). Cognate with Portuguese feio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeo/

Adjective

feo (feminine singular fea, masculine plural feos, feminine plural feas)

1. ugly

   Antonyms: guapo, bonito, bello, hermoso

2. (Mexico) bad, gross, mean, nasty
3. in poor condition

Derived terms

• feamente
• bailar con la más fea
• hacer un feo
• más feo que Picio

Related terms

• fealdad

Further reading

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