medo

See also: Medo, mêdo, and Medo-

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese medo, from Old Galician-Portuguese metus.

Noun

medo m (uncountable)

1. fear

See also

• Medo

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin Mēdus, from Ancient Greek Μῆδος (Mêdos), from an Iranian language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.do/, [ˈmɛːd̪o]
• Rhymes: -ɛdo
• Hyphenation: mè‧do

Adjective

1. (historical) Median (pertaining to Media or Medes)

Noun

medo m (plural medi, feminine meda)

1. (historical) Mede, Median (person from Media)

(il) medo m (countable and uncountable, plural (il) medi)

1. Median (language)

References

• medo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Japanese

Romanization

medo

1. Rōmaji transcription of めど

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑁂𑀤𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• मेदो (Devanagari script)
• মেদো (Bengali script)
• මෙදො (Sinhalese script)
• မေဒေါ or မေၻေႃ (Burmese script)
• เมโท (Thai script)
• ᨾᩮᨴᩮᩣ or ᨾᩮᨴᩮᩤ (Tai Tham script)
• ເມໂທ (Lao script)
• មេទោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄬𑄘𑄮 (Chakma script)

Noun

medo

1. nominative singular of meda (“fat”)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mêdo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese medo, from Latin metus (“fear”). Compare Spanish miedo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.du/

Noun

medo m (plural medos)

2. fear (emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)

   Não tenho medo.

   I'm not afraid.

   Estamos com medo.

   We are afraid.

   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte, Rocco, page 317:

     Desculpe, acho que dá mais medo se for meia-noite!

     I'm sorry, I thought that it would be more fearsome if it were midnight!

Related terms

• medroso

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Derived from medved

Noun

medo n (Cyrillic spelling медо)

1. bear

1. teddy bear