nome feio

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “ugly name”.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnõ.mi ˈfej.u/ [ˈnõ.mi ˈfeɪ̯.u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈno.me ˈfej.o/ [ˈno.me ˈfeɪ̯.o]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈno.mɨ ˈfɐj.u/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈno.mɨ ˈfej.u/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈno.mɨ ˈfej.u/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈno.mɨ ˈfe.u/

Hyphenation: no‧me, fei‧o

Noun

nome feio m (plural nomes feios)

(Portugal, chiefly childish) curse, swear word
Synonym: palavrão
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nome,‎ feio.

Further reading

“nome feio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026