esquisito

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === exquisito (pre-standardization spelling) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin exquīsītus, perfect passive participle of exquīrō. Cognate with Spanish exquisito and English exquisite, both false friends. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -itu Hyphenation: es‧qui‧si‧to === Adjective === esquisito (feminine esquisita, masculine plural esquisitos, feminine plural esquisitas, comparable, superlative o mais esquisito, diminutive esquisitinho, augmentative esquisitão) strange; weird (not normal) Synonym: estranho picky; particular (demanding to have things just right) Synonym: exigente (obsolete) exquisite (especially fine) Synonym: excepcional ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === esquisito m (plural esquisitos, feminine esquisita, feminine plural esquisitas, augmentative esquisitão) (derogatory) weirdo (strange person) Synonym: esquisitão === Further reading === “esquisito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “esquisito”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “esquisito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026