piurso

Portuguese

Etymology

Blend of pior (“worse”) +‎ urso (“bear”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpiwʁ.su/ [ˈpiʊ̯h.su]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈpiwɾ.su/ [ˈpiʊ̯ɾ.su]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpiwʁ.su/ [ˈpiʊ̯χ.su]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈpiwɻ.su/ [ˈpiʊ̯ɻ.su]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpiwʁ.so/ [ˈpiʊ̯h.so]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpiwɾ.su/

Adjective

piurso (feminine piursa, masculine plural piursos, feminine plural piursas)

(Portugal, informal) furious, extremely angry
Estou mesmo piurso. ― I'm extremely furious.

Further reading

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