tarado

Portuguese

Etymology

From tara +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈɾa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈɾa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈɾa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈɾa.du/ [tɐˈɾa.ðu]

Adjective

tarado (feminine tarada, masculine plural tarados, feminine plural taradas)

1. crazy

   Synonyms: maluco, doido, louco

2. sexually perverted

   Synonyms: pervertido, depravado

Noun

tarado m (plural tarados, feminine tarada, feminine plural taradas)

1. a sexual pervert

   Synonym: pervertido

Participle

tarado (feminine tarada, masculine plural tarados, feminine plural taradas)

1. past participle of tarar

Spanish

Etymology

From tarar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈɾado/ [t̪aˈɾa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: ta‧ra‧do

Adjective

tarado (feminine tarada, masculine plural tarados, feminine plural taradas)

1. stupid, dumb

   Synonyms: tonto, estúpido, tarúpido, retrasado

2. faulty, deficient

   Synonyms: dañado, defectuoso, deficiente, fallado, imperfecto, malogrado

Noun

tarado m (plural tarados, feminine tarada, feminine plural taradas)

1. (colloquial) bozo, idiot, moron

Usage notes

• Although in some contexts zonzo, bobo, tonto, menso, culero, tarado, idiota, imbécil, estúpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts these adjectives each have a different degree of severity, with zonzo having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in this rough order, to estúpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive sense.

Related terms

• tara

 

Participle

tarado (feminine tarada, masculine plural tarados, feminine plural taradas)

1. past participle of tarar

Further reading

• “tarado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28