{"id":614,"date":"2009-08-07T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=581"},"modified":"2009-08-07T08:00:04","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T12:00:04","slug":"word-of-the-day-pior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/word-of-the-day-pior\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Day: pior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/wotd\/today\/portuguese.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Portuguese Word of the Day<\/a> is <strong>pior<\/strong>, which depending on the context can mean <em>worse<\/em> or <em>worst<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at how the word is used. Note that when used as <em>worse<\/em>, it is followed by <em>que<\/em> when making a comparison (i.e. worse than). Also note that when used as worst, <em>a<\/em>, <em>o, as, or os<\/em> (the) preceed <em>pior<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Worse<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>O calor ficou ainda pior ontem. <\/em>The heat got even worse yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sentir enjoado \u00e9 pior que vomitar.<\/em> It&#8217;s worse to feel nauseous than to throw up.<\/p>\n<p><em>Acho que n\u00e3o tem como ser pior.<\/em> I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s any way it could be worse.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Worst<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Ele <\/em><em>\u00e9 o pior nadador da turma.<\/em> He&#8217;s the worst swimmer in the class.<\/p>\n<p><em>Somos os piores jogadores do time.<\/em> We&#8217;re the worst players on the team.<\/p>\n<p><em>A leite estragada <\/em><em>\u00e9 a pior coisa do mundo.<\/em> Spoiled milk is the worst thing in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/wotd\/\" target=\"_blank\">other words of the day<\/a> for Spanish, French, Italian, and many more!<\/p>\n<p><!--Session data--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Portuguese Word of the Day is pior, which depending on the context can mean worse or worst. Let&#8217;s take a look at how the word is used. Note that when used as worse, it is followed by que when making a comparison (i.e. worse than). Also note that when used as worst, a, o&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/word-of-the-day-pior\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6,1851],"tags":[2392,2410,616,2640,2641],"class_list":["post-614","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-grammar","category-learning","tag-pior","tag-portuguese","tag-word-of-the-day","tag-worse","tag-worst"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}