feiura

See also: feiúra

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• feiúra (pre-1990 spelling, Brazil)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese feio

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Classical Latin -tūra

Latin -ūra

Portuguese -ura

Portuguese feiura

From feio + -ura.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fejˈu.ɾɐ/ [feɪ̯ˈu.ɾɐ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐjˈu.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐjˈu.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fejˈu.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /fejˈu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /feˈu.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: fei‧u‧ra

Noun

feiura f (usually uncountable, plural feiuras)

1. ugliness (condition of being ugly)

   Synonym: fealdade

Further reading

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