zero à esquerda

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Literally, “zero at the left”. An analogy to zeros written before a number. For example, both 020 and 20 have exactly the same numerical value, thus the leading zero before the 2 makes no numerical difference. Compare Spanish cero a la izquierda. === Pronunciation === === Noun === zero à esquerda m (plural zeros à esquerda) (informal, derogatory) a good-for-nothing (a person of low worth or usefulness or a person who is incompetent or ignorant in a particular area or task) 2013, José Fernandes de Oliveira Pe. Zezinho, Reflexões ao longo de uma fé: Sobre as angústias e as alegrias do ser humano, Ação Social Claretiana (Editora Ave-Maria) →ISBN === Further reading === “zero à esquerda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026