feio

Meaning

Noun

an ugly person

Adj

1. (comparable) ugly (visually unpleasant)
2. (comparable,figuratively) wrong, immoral
3. (comparable,figuratively) disrespectful, impolite, rude

Adv

1. (comparable) in an ugly manner
2. (comparable) severely, critically, very much (used when the result is negative)

Hyphenated as

fei‧o

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfej.u/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese feo (“ugly”), from Latin foedus (“hideous”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to frighten; be afraid”). Cognate with Galician feo, Asturian feu and Spanish feo.