abusado
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From abusar + -ado.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Adjective ===
abusado (feminine abusada, masculine plural abusados, feminine plural abusadas)
(Brazil, informal) cheeky, sassy, impertinent, meddlesome
Synonym: atrevido
=== Participle ===
abusado (feminine abusada, masculine plural abusados, feminine plural abusadas)
past participle of abusar
=== Further reading ===
“abusado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“abusado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /abuˈsado/ [a.β̞uˈsa.ð̞o]
Rhymes: -ado
Syllabification: a‧bu‧sa‧do
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Participle ====
abusado (feminine abusada, masculine plural abusados, feminine plural abusadas)
past participle of abusar
=== Etymology 2 ===
From aguzado (“sharp”), influenced by abusar.
==== Adjective ====
abusado (feminine abusada, masculine plural abusados, feminine plural abusadas)
(Mexico, Central America) witty, sharp, shrewd
=== Further reading ===
“abusado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish abusado (“abused”). By surface analysis, abuso + -ado.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔabuˈsado/ [ʔɐ.bʊˈsaː.d̪o]
Rhymes: -ado
Syllabification: a‧bu‧sa‧do
=== Adjective ===
abusado (feminine abusada, Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜐᜇᜓ)
abusive
Synonyms: mapagmalabis, mapagsamantala, mapang-api, (male) abusero, (female) abusera, mapang-abuso, abusibo
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“abusado”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
“abusado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 5