ridículo

See also: ridiculo

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rīdiculus.

Adjective

ridículo (feminine ridícula, masculine plural ridículos, feminine plural ridículas)

1. ridiculous

Derived terms

• ridiculamente
• ridiculez
• ridiculizar

 

Further reading

• “ridículo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rīdiculus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lu/ [hiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lu/ [hiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lu/ [χiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lo/ [hiˈd͡ʒi.ku.lo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈdi.ku.lu/ [ʁiˈði.ku.lu]

• Rhymes: -ikulu
• Hyphenation: ri‧dí‧cu‧lo

Adjective

ridículo (feminine ridícula, masculine plural ridículos, feminine plural ridículas)

1. ridiculous

Derived terms

• ridiculamente
• ridicularia
• ridiculizar

Noun

ridículo m (plural ridículos)

1. ridicule, mockery

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rīdiculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈdikulo/ [riˈð̞i.ku.lo]
• Rhymes: -ikulo
• Syllabification: ri‧dí‧cu‧lo

Adjective

ridículo (feminine ridícula, masculine plural ridículos, feminine plural ridículas, superlative ridiculísimo)

1. ridiculous

   Pero esto es completamente ridículo.

   But this is completely ridiculous.

Noun

ridículo m (plural ridículos)

1. ridicule, ridiculousness, laughableness (ridiculous situation)

Derived terms

• en ridículo
• ridiculizar
• sentido del ridículo

 

Related terms

• reír
• risa

 

Further reading

• “ridículo”, 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