feioso
Portuguese, adjective/fejˈo.zu/
feioso is spelled F-E-I-O-S-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,304th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feioso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “hideous, very ugly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “diz-se do que é relativamente feio (especialmente falando de pessoa)”.
What does feioso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hideous, very ugly
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se do que é relativamente feio (especialmente falando de pessoa)
noun: 1. o que é relativamente feio (especialmente falando de pessoa)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of feioso
- feiosa feminine
- feiosos masculine plural
- feiosas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce feioso?
- Brazil /fejˈo.zu/
- Brazil [feɪ̯ˈo.zu]
- Portugal /fɐjˈo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is feioso in Portuguese?
feioso appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).