patético

See also: patetico

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pathetico (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin patheticus (“pathetic”), from Ancient Greek παθητικός (pathētikós, “subject to feeling, capable of feeling, impassioned”), from παθητός (pathētós, “one who has suffered, subject to suffering”), from παθείν (patheín, “to suffer”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈtɛ.t͡ʃi.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈtɛ.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈtɛ.t͡ʃi.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈtɛ.ti.ku/

Adjective

patético (feminine patética, masculine plural patéticos, feminine plural patéticas)

1. pathetic (arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion)
2. pathetic (arousing scornful pity or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy)

Synonyms

• (arousing pity): comovente, compassivo, enternecedor, sensibilizante, tocante
• (arousing contempt): desprezível, inadequado, impróprio, ridículo

Derived terms

• nervo patético

Related terms

• pateticamente
• patetice
• pateticismo
• patetismo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pathēticus, from Ancient Greek παθητικός (pathētikós, “sensitive”), based on πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈtetiko/ [paˈt̪e.t̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -etiko
• Syllabification: pa‧té‧ti‧co

Adjective

patético (feminine patética, masculine plural patéticos, feminine plural patéticas)

1. pathetic
2. (colloquial) awful, terrible (very bad)

   Synonyms: pésimo, fatal

Derived terms

• patéticamente

 

Further reading

• “patético”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28