pior

pior (epicene, plural piores)

1. worse
2. worst

• peor

From Old Galician-Portuguese peor, peior, from Latin peior, peiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”).

• IPA^(key): [pɨˈɔɾ]

pior m or f (plural piores)

1. worse; worst (with definite article)

• pioría

• piorar

pior

1. worse

1. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pior”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
2. “pior” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

pior

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of piō

• peor, peior (obsolete spelling)

From Old Galician-Portuguese peor, peior, from Latin peiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”).

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾ, (Brazil) -ɔʁ
• Hyphenation: pi‧or

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pior m or f (plural piores)

1. comparative degree of mau, comparative degree of ruim: worse; worst (with definite article)

• piorio

• piorar

• Macanese: pió

pior

1. comparative degree of mal: worse

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pior.

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