mofino
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Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish mohíno, from Andalusian Arabic مُهِين (muhīn), from Arabic مَهِين (mahīn).
Adjective[edit]
mofino (feminine mofina, masculine plural mofinos, feminine plural mofinas)
- stingy; narrow-minded
- scarce
- shy
- unhappy; baleful; sad
- cranky; sick
- turbulent
- (Northeast Brazil, derogatory) weak
- (Northeast Brazil, derogatory, of a man) effeminate
Noun[edit]
mofino m (plural mofinos, feminine mofina, feminine plural mofinas)
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Kabuverdianu mufine.
Adjective[edit]
mofino (feminine mofina, masculine plural mofinos, feminine plural mofinas)
- weak of character; coward
Further reading[edit]
- “mofino” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “mofino” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “mofino” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “mofino” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “mofino” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “mofino” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/inu
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- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Kabuverdianu
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