perdido

Galician

Etymology

From perder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [peɾˈðiðʊ]

Adjective

perdido (feminine perdida, masculine plural perdidos, feminine plural perdidas)

1. lost
2. hopeless
3. helpless
4. missing
5. wasted
6. dissolute
   • 1886, in O Galiciano, 91, p. 3:

     O que a ti che compría, repriquei, era unha boa vragasta polo lombo; sempre foches un perdido, e pra botar un día máis de pándega aporveitaste desa bouba da fin do mundo ...

     "What you need", I reply, "is a good rod down your back; you have always been a dissolute guy, and for having one more day of fun you are taking advantage of this hoax about the end of the world …"

Participle

perdido (feminine perdida, masculine plural perdidos, feminine plural perdidas)

1. past participle of perder

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “perdido”, 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), “perdido”, 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), “perdido”, 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), “perdido”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “perdido”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin perditus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁˈd͡ʒi.du/ [peɦˈd͡ʒi.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁˈd͡ʒi.du/ [peɦˈd͡ʒi.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾˈd͡ʒi.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁˈd͡ʒi.du/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /peɻˈd͡ʒi.du/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾˈdi.du/ [pɨɾˈði.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾˈdi.du/ [pɨɾˈði.ðu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾˈdi.du/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: per‧di‧do

Adjective

perdido (feminine perdida, masculine plural perdidos, feminine plural perdidas)

1. lost
2. hopeless
3. helpless
4. missing

Derived terms

• perdidinho

Descendants

• → Ambonese Malay: pardidu

Participle

perdido (feminine perdida, masculine plural perdidos, feminine plural perdidas)

1. past participle of perder

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈdido/ [peɾˈð̞i.ð̞o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: per‧di‧do

Adjective

perdido (feminine perdida, masculine plural perdidos, feminine plural perdidas)

1. lost

   Antonym: ganado

Derived terms

• bala perdida
• caso perdido
• cosa perdida
• de perdidos al río
• llamada perdida
• más perdido que Carracuca
• rato perdido

Participle

perdido (feminine perdida, masculine plural perdidos, feminine plural perdidas)

1. past participle of perder

Further reading

• “perdido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025