doudo

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown, maybe from Latin doctus (“instructed, taught”), by vocalization of the c and voicing of the t.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w).du/ [ˈdo(ʊ̯).du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w).du/ [ˈdo(ʊ̯).du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w).do/ [ˈdo(ʊ̯).do]

 

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo(w).du/ [ˈdo(w).ðu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdow.du/ [ˈdow.ðu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.du/ [ˈdo.ðu]

• Hyphenation: dou‧do

Adjective

doudo (feminine douda, masculine plural doudos, feminine plural doudas)

1. dated form of doido (crazy; out of one’s mind)

Derived terms

• endoudecer

Descendants

• →? English: dodo

Further reading

• “doudo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “doudo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025