coitado

  1. pitiful, wretched, afflicted
  2. pusillanimous

Frequency

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/kojˈtaðo̝/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coitado /cuitado (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). By surface analysis, coitar (“to afflict”) + -ado. Compare Portuguese coitado.

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