pródigo

Learned borrowing from Latin prōdigus (“wasteful, lavish, prodigal”), from prōdigō (“to squander, waste; to use up, consume”), from prō- +‎ agō (“to do, make, drive”).

• Hyphenation: pró‧di‧go

pródigo (feminine pródiga, masculine plural pródigos, feminine plural pródigas)

1. prodigal (wastefully extravagant)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pródigo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “pródigo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “pródigo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Learned borrowing from Latin prōdigus (“wasteful, lavish, prodigal”), from prōdigō (“to squander, waste; to use up, consume”), from prō- +‎ agō (“to do, make, drive”).

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔd͡ʒiɡu, (Portugal) -ɔdiɡu
• Hyphenation: pró‧di‧go

pródigo (feminine pródiga, masculine plural pródigos, feminine plural pródigas)

1. prodigal (wastefully extravagant)

• “pródigo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Learned borrowing from Latin prōdigus (“wasteful, lavish, prodigal”), from prōdigō (“to squander, waste; to use up, consume”), from prō- +‎ agō (“to do, make, drive”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾodiɡo/ [ˈpɾo.ð̞i.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -odiɡo
• Syllabification: pró‧di‧go

pródigo (feminine pródiga, masculine plural pródigos, feminine plural pródigas)

1. prodigal (wastefully extravagant)

• “pródigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024