sujo
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
sujo (feminine singular soja, masculine plural suje, feminine plural soje)
Pronoun
sujo m sg
- third-person singular possessive pronoun: hers, his, its
Coordinate terms
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: su‧jo
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese çujo, çusio, suçio, from Latin succidus, variant of sūcidus.
Adjective
sujo (feminine suja, masculine plural sujos, feminine plural sujas, comparable, comparative mais sujo, superlative o mais sujo or sujíssimo)
- containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime; dirty; unclean
- offensive to current standards; dirty; obscene; unsavory; immoral
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 496:
- Harry respondeu com o olhar mais sujo que conseguiu dar.
- Harry replied by giving the dirtiest look he could.
Derived terms
- sujamente
- jogo sujo
- jogar sujo
- trabalho sujo
- dinheiro sujo
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
sujo
Further reading
- “sujo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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