cabisbaixo

Portuguese
FWOTD – 7 March 2013

Etymology

Possibly from cabeça (“head”) +‎ baixo (“low”) (compare Spanish cabizbajo).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.bizˈbaj.ʃu/ [ka.bizˈbaɪ̯.ʃu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ka.biʒˈbaj.ʃu/ [ka.biʒˈbaɪ̯.ʃu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.bizˈbaj.ʃo/ [ka.bizˈbaɪ̯.ʃo]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.biʒˈbaj.ʃu/ [kɐ.βiʒˈβaj.ʃu]

  • Hyphenation: ca‧bis‧bai‧xo

Adjective

cabisbaixo (feminine cabisbaixa, masculine plural cabisbaixos, feminine plural cabisbaixas)

  1. having one’s head turned down due to sadness
    • 2005, Renzo Baschera, Explicando o Santo Sudário, Ediouro, page 51:
      […] O mendigo continuou a caminhar cabisbaixo e murmurando alguma coisa, como orações”.
      […] The beggar kept walking with his head down and murmuring something, like prayers”.
  2. crestfallen (sad because of a recent disappointment)
    Synonyms: abatido, desalentado, desanimado
    • 2010, Francisco Moita Flores, A Fúria das Vinhas, Leya, page 111:
      O médico regressou. Encontrou um Vespúcio cabisbaixo e vencido.
      The physician returned. He found a crestfallen and defeated Vespúcio.

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