Adjective: rico
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | rico |
| Singular f. | rica |
| Plural m. | ricos |
| Plural f. | ricas |
Sample Sentences
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Ele é muito rico, mas não é muito feliz. (He is very rich, but he is not very happy.)
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O palácio era famoso pela sua rica decoração. (The palace was famed for its luxurious decoration.)
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Mas que rica sobremesa! (What a tasty dessert!)
Adjectives inflected like rico
desamparado,
metafórico,
extintivo,
metafísico,
autotrófico,
saxónico,
saxônico,
eslávico,
bandeiroso,
inescrupuloso,
desavergonhado,
babilónio,
babilônio,
super-humano,
acidêmico,
sereno,
sestro,
severo,
celibatário,
seboso, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. From Old Galician-Portuguese rico (“rich”), from Gothic 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (reiks, “mighty, powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“royal, mighty, powerful”), from Proto-Celtic *rīxs (“king”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“king, ruler”).
2. Cognate with Galician rico, Spanish rico, Catalan ric, Occitan ric and Italian ricco. Compare also English rich and French riche. See: Galician Adjectives '
rico', Spanish Adjectives '
rico', Catalan Adjectives '
ric', Italian Adjectives '
ricco', English Adjectives '
rich', French Adjectives '
riche'.
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