sadio

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sàdio (obsolete outside of pronunciation respellings)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sãadyo, from Early Medieval Latin sānātīvus, from Latin sānātus, from sānō, from sānus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈd͡ʒi.u/, /saˈd͡ʒiw/ [saˈd͡ʒiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /saˈdi.u/ [saˈði.u]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /saˈdi.u/ [saˈði.u]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /saˈdi.u/

• Hyphenation: sa‧di‧o

Adjective

sadio (feminine sadia, masculine plural sadios, feminine plural sadias)

1. healthy

   Synonyms: saudável, salubre

See also

• são

Further reading

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

Welsh

Etymology

sad (“firm, steady”) +‎ -io.

Verb

sadio (first-person singular present sadiaf, not mutable)

1. to stabilise, to steady

   Synonyms: sefydlogi, setlo

2. to secure, to strengthen

   Synonyms: sicrhau, cadarnhau

Derived terms

• ansadio (“to destabilise”)

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “sadio”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “sadio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies