comprido

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese comprido, conprido, past participle of comprir, conprir, from Latin complēre, present active infinitive of compleō (“I fill up”).

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.ˈpɾi.ðu/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.ˈpɾi.du/, /kũ.ˈpɾi.du/
  • Hyphenation: com‧pri‧do

Adjective

comprido m (feminine singular comprida, masculine plural compridos, feminine plural compridas, comparable)

  1. long (having great length)
  2. long (having great duration)

Usage notes

comprido and longo can largely be treated as synonyms but longo is preferred when referring to greater distances or periods of time [1].

Inflection
Inflection of comprido
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
positive comprido comprida compridos compridas
comparative mais comprido mais comprida mais compridos mais compridas
superlative o mais comprido
compridíssimo		 a mais comprida
compridíssima		 os mais compridos
compridíssimos		 as mais compridas
compridíssimas
augmentative — — — —
diminutive — — — —

Synonyms

Descendants

References
  1. “Longo e comprido”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed June 14, 2015
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