grosseiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From grosso +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾoˈse(j).ɾu/ [ɡɾoˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾoˈse(j).ɾu/ [ɡɾoˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾoˈse(j).ɾo/ [ɡɾoˈse(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾuˈsɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾuˈsɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾuˈsej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾuˈsej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾuˈse.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: gros‧sei‧ro

Adjective

grosseiro (feminine grosseira, masculine plural grosseiros, feminine plural grosseiras)

1. coarse (of inferior quality)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:grosseiro

   Antonyms: esmerado, fino, caprichado

2. impolite

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cortês

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “impolite”): see Thesaurus:cortês

Derived terms

• grosseiramente
• grosseirismo

Related terms

• grosseria
• grosso

Further reading

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