peor

Galician

Alternative forms

• pior

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese peior, from Latin peior, peiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”). Cognate with Portuguese pior, Spanish peor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [peˈoɾ], [ˈpjoɾ]

Adjective

peor m or f (plural peores)

1. comparative degree of mao: worse

   Antonym: mellor

2. superlative degree of mao: worst

   Antonym: mellor

Adverb

peor

1. comparative degree of mal, worse

   Antonym: mellor

Derived terms

• ir de mal en peor
• peoría

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “peyor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “peor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “peor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “peor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “peor”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old French

Alternative forms

• paor
• pouur
• paour
• pavor
• peour
• pour, poür

Etymology

From Latin pavor, pavōrem.

Noun

peor oblique singular, f (oblique plural peors, nominative singular peor, nominative plural peors)

1. fear

Descendants

• French: peur
• Walloon: peu

Portuguese

Adjective

peor m or f (plural peores)

1. Obsolete spelling of pior.

Adverb

peor

1. Obsolete spelling of pior.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin peiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *ped-yōs (“to the ground, downward”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈoɾ/ [peˈoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧or

Adjective

peor m or f (masculine and feminine plural peores)

1. comparative degree of malo: worse
2. superlative degree of malo: worst

Antonyms

• mejor

Derived terms

• de mal en peor
• en el peor de los casos
• peor que peor

 

Adverb

peor

1. comparative degree of mal, worse

Related terms

• mal
• malísimo
• malo
• pésimo

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• pero