peioro
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pejˈjoː.roː/, [pɛjˈjoː.roː]
Verb
peiōrō (present infinitive peiōrāre, perfect active peiōrāvī, supine peiōrātum); first conjugation
- (Late Latin) I make worse; I aggravate
Conjugation
Descendants
- ⇒ English: pejorate
- Catalan: pitjorar, empitjorar
- Friulian: peiorâ, pejorâ
- Italian: peggiorare
- Portuguese: piorar, pejorar, empiorar
- Spanish: empeorar, peorar, peyorar
References
- pejoro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- impair in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- “impair” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
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