tredo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin trāditor (“betrayer”) via the nominative, subsequently repurposed as an adjective. An older form was tredro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɛ.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɛ.do/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɛ.du/ [ˈtɾɛ.ðu]

Adjective

tredo (feminine treda, masculine plural tredos, feminine plural tredas)

(archaic) treacherous

Further reading

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