lídimo
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese liidimo, liidemo, leidimo, leídemo, from Latin legitimus; possibly semi-learned. Doublet of legítimo, a later learned borrowing, and probably of lindo, which may have come through Spanish.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈli.d͡ʒi.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈli.d͡ʒi.mo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈli.di.mu/ [ˈli.ði.mu]
- Hyphenation: lí‧di‧mo
Adjective
lídimo (feminine lídima, masculine plural lídimos, feminine plural lídimas)
- legal, lawful, legitimate, authentic
- Synonym: legítimo
Related terms
Further reading
- “lídimo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “lídimo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026