descarado

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kaˈɾa.du/, /d͡ʒis.kaˈɾa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kaˈɾa.du/, /d͡ʒis.kaˈɾa.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃ.kaˈɾa.du/, /d͡ʒiʃ.kaˈɾa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kaˈɾa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kɐˈɾa.du/ [dɨʃ.kɐˈɾa.ðu]

Adjective

descarado (feminine descarada, masculine plural descarados, feminine plural descaradas)

1. brazen (impudent, immodest, or shameless)

   Synonyms: desavergonhado, atrevido, insolente

Derived terms

• descaradamente

Further reading

• “descarado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of descararse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deskaˈɾado/ [d̪es.kaˈɾa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: des‧ca‧ra‧do

Adjective

descarado (feminine descarada, masculine plural descarados, feminine plural descaradas)

1. brazen, cheeky, brash, impudent, shameless, brazen-faced, barefaced, bald-faced

   Synonyms: fresco, insolente

2. unabashed
3. sassy, fresh, saucy (colloquial)
4. blatant, outright

Derived terms

• descaradamente

 

Related terms

• descararse
• descaro

 

Participle

descarado (feminine descarada, masculine plural descarados, feminine plural descaradas)

1. past participle of descararse

Further reading

• “descarado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28