pior
Portuguese, adjective/piˈɔʁ/
pior is spelled P-I-O-R (4 letters) and appears 132 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 739th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pior is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “comparative degree of mau, comparative degree of ruim: worse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does pior mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecomparative degree of mau, comparative degree of ruim: worse
Gostei daquela ideia; esta é pior.
- 2
femininemasculinesuperlative degree of mau, superlative degree of ruim: worst
O pior foi quando eu tropecei e rolei ladeira abaixo.
adverb
- 1
comparative degree of mal (adverb): worse
Se você foi mal na prova, eu fui pior!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o que é inferior a tudo o mais 2. o que é mais inconveniente ou insensato que outras coisas
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 pior
- piores plural
- peor alternative
- peior alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pior?
- Brazil /piˈɔʁ/
- Brazil [piˈɔh]
- Brazil /ˈpjɔʁ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pior
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pior in Portuguese?
pior appears 132 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).