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merdoso

Portuguese, adjective/meʁˈdo.zu/

merdoso is spelled M-E-R-D-O-S-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 97,539th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Merdoso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “meaningless, insignificant, petty, pissass, trivial or worthless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sujo (com excrementos, por exemplo)”.

What does merdoso mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    derogatoryvulgarmeaningless, insignificant, petty, pissass, trivial or worthless

  2. 2

    derogatoryvulgarshitty, see :Thesaurus:low-quality

  3. 3

    derogatoryvulgarsee :Thesaurus:arrogant

  4. 4

    vulgarcrappy, dungy, excremental, faecal, fecal or shitty

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. sujo (com excrementos, por exemplo) 2. desprezível

noun: 1. pessoa desprezível

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 merdoso

  • merdosa feminine
  • merdosos masculine plural
  • merdosas 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 merdoso?

  • Brazil /meʁˈdo.zu/
  • Brazil [meɦˈdo.zu]
  • /meɾˈdo.zu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is merdoso in Portuguese?

merdoso appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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