pródigo

See also: prodigo, prodigó, and prodigò

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prōdigus (“wasteful, lavish, prodigal”), from prōdigō (“to squander, waste; to use up, consume”), from prō- +‎ agō (“to do, make, drive”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɔdiɡo/ [ˈpɾɔ.ð̞i.ɣ̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈpɾɔdiɡo/ [ˈpɾɔ.ð̞i.ɣ̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈpɾɔdiħo/ [ˈpɾɔ.ð̞i.ħʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -ɔdiɡo

• Rhymes: -ɔdiɡo
• Rhymes: -ɔdiħo

• Hyphenation: pró‧di‧go

Adjective

pródigo (feminine pródiga, masculine plural pródigos, feminine plural pródigas)

1. prodigal (wastefully extravagant)

Further reading

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pródigo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “pródigo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “pródigo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prōdigus (“wasteful, lavish, prodigal”), from prōdigō (“to squander, waste; to use up, consume”), from prō- +‎ agō (“to do, make, drive”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɔ.d͡ʒi.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɔ.d͡ʒi.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɔ.d͡ʒi.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾɔ.di.ɡu/ [ˈpɾɔ.ði.ɣu]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔd͡ʒiɡu, (Portugal) -ɔdiɡu
• Hyphenation: pró‧di‧go

Adjective

pródigo (feminine pródiga, masculine plural pródigos, feminine plural pródigas)

1. prodigal (wastefully extravagant)

Related terms

• prodigalidade

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prōdigus (“wasteful, lavish, prodigal”), from prōdigō (“to squander, waste; to use up, consume”), from prō- +‎ agō (“to do, make, drive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾodiɡo/ [ˈpɾo.ð̞i.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -odiɡo
• Syllabification: pró‧di‧go

Adjective

pródigo (feminine pródiga, masculine plural pródigos, feminine plural pródigas)

1. prodigal (wastefully extravagant)

Derived terms

• hijo pródigo

Related terms

• prodigalidad

Further reading

• “pródigo”, 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