peor

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈoɾ/ [peˈoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧or

Adjective

peor (epicene, plural peores)

1. alternative form of pior

Galician

Alternative forms

• pior

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese peior, from Latin peior, peiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”). Cognate with Portuguese pior, Spanish peor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈoɾ/ [peˈoɾ], /ˈpjoɾ/ [ˈpjoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: pe‧or

Adjective

peor m or f (plural peores)

1. comparative degree of mao: worse

   Antonym: mellor

2. superlative degree of mao: worst

   Antonym: mellor

Adverb

peor

1. comparative degree of mal: worse

   Antonym: mellor

Derived terms

• ir de mal en peor
• peoría

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “peyor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “peor”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “peor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “peor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “peor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old French

Alternative forms

• paor
• paour
• pavor
• peour
• pour, poür
• pouur

Etymology

From Latin pavor, pavōrem.

Noun

peor oblique singular, f (oblique plural peors, nominative singular peor, nominative plural peors)

1. fear

Descendants

• French: peur
• Walloon: peu

Portuguese

Adjective

peor m or f (plural peores)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of pior
   • 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter XXVII, in Cahetés‎^[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 203:

     — O peor é que com esta confusão ainda não almocei, continuou o doutor. Estou moido. E morto de fome.

     “The worst part is that, with this mess, I still haven’t had lunch”, the doctor carried on, “I’m exhausted. And starving.”

Adverb

peor

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of pior

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin peiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”).

Compare English pejorative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈoɾ/ [peˈoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧or

Adjective

peor m or f (masculine and feminine plural peores)

1. comparative degree of malo: worse
2. superlative degree of malo: worst

Antonyms

• mejor

Derived terms

• de mal en peor
• en el peor de los casos
• no hay peor ciego que el que no quiere ver
• peor que peor

Adverb

peor

1. comparative degree of mal: worse

Related terms

• mal
• malísimo
• malo
• pésimo

Further reading

• “peor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “peor”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Anagrams

• pero