sucio

Galician

Alternative forms

• suxo

Etymology

From an older suçio, from Latin succidus, variant of sūcidus (“juicy; oily, greasy”). Compare Portuguese sujo and Spanish sucio.

Adjective

sucio (feminine sucia, masculine plural sucios, feminine plural sucias)

1. dirty, unclean

   Antonym: limpo

2. impure
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 47:

     os demoes que son spiritus maaos et suçios

     the demons, which are evil and impure spirits

   Antonym: puro

Related terms

• sucidade

Further reading

• “sucio”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “suçi”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “sucio” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin succidus, variant of sūcidus (“juicy; oily, greasy”), from sūcus (“juice, sap”) whence English succinite (“Baltic amber”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈsuθjo/ [ˈsu.θjo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsusjo/ [ˈsu.sjo]

Adjective

sucio (feminine sucia, masculine plural sucios, feminine plural sucias)

1. dirty, filthy

   Antonym: limpio

2. sinful, tainted
3. obscene, vulgar

   Háblame sucio, papazote.

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Derived terms

• suciamente
• sucísimo

Related terms

• suciedad

Further reading

• “sucio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014