🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

estúpido

Pronunciation / Transliteration: estúpido

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Stupid/ˈstjuː.pɪd/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Foi um erro estúpido esquecer a reunião."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Lacking intelligence or common sense.

    "It was a stupid mistake to forget the meeting."
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who is regarded as lacking intelligence.

    "He called himself a stupid for not studying harder."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'stupid' originates from the Latin 'stupidus', meaning 'dazed' or 'amazed', which is derived from 'stupere', meaning 'to be stunned or astonished'. It entered the English language in the late Middle Ages, evolving to describe a lack of intelligence or understanding.

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