medonho

Portuguese

Etymology

From medo (“fear”) + -onho.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈdõ.ɲu/ [meˈdõ.j̃u]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈdo.ɲu/ [mɨˈðo.ɲu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈdo.ɲu/ [mɨˈðo.ɲu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈdo.ɲu/

• Rhymes: -oɲu, (Brazil) -õɲu
• Hyphenation: me‧do‧nho

Adjective

medonho (feminine medonha, masculine plural medonhos, feminine plural medonhas)

1. hideous, dreadful, awful, ghastly

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:amedrontador

Derived terms

• medonhamente

Further reading

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