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pernóstico

Portuguese, adjective/peʁˈnɔs.t͡ʃi.ku/

pernóstico is a Portuguese adjective meaning “ill-mannered, misbehaving” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “petulante, pretensioso, presumido, pedante”.

What does pernóstico mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    ill-mannered, misbehaving

  2. 2

    pretentious, fustian, bombast

  3. 3

    pedant

  4. 4

    audacious

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. petulante, pretensioso, presumido, pedante 2. repontão, espevitado

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 pernóstico

  • pernóstica feminine
  • pernósticos masculine plural
  • pernósticas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce pernóstico?

  • Brazil /peʁˈnɔs.t͡ʃi.ku/
  • Brazil [peɦˈnɔs.t͡ʃi.ku]
  • /peɾˈnɔs.t͡ʃi.ku/

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