pió

See also: pio, Pio, PIO, pío, Pío, pio-, and pi'o

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [piˈo]
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

pió m (plural pions)

1. (physics) pion

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese pior, comparative form of mau, with the loss of final -r akin to the process in verb infinitives; compare -â.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjɔ/, /piˈjɔ/

Adjective

pió

1. comparative degree of mau: worse

   Pió qui êle, nunca olâ ― Worse than him, I've never seen

Adverb

pió

1. worse

Usage notes

• bôm (“good”) and bêm (“well”) do not have a unique comparative form *miló or *milió descended from Portuguese melhor; más is appended before them instead, i.e. más bôm, más bêm.
• Often followed by qui to denote "worse than".

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Spanish

Verb

pió

1. Superseded spelling of pio, which was deprecated in 2010.