Inherited from Latin suus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsujə/, (feminine) /ˈsɔjə/

sujo (feminine singular soja, masculine plural suje, feminine plural soje)

1. his, her, its

sujo m sg

1. third-person singular possessive pronoun: hers, his, its

• mìo
• tùjo
• nuósto
• vuósto
• llòro

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• Rhymes: -uʒu
• Hyphenation: su‧jo

From Old Galician-Portuguese çujo, çusio, suçio, from Latin succidus, variant of sūcidus.

sujo (feminine suja, masculine plural sujos, feminine plural sujas, comparable, comparative mais sujo, superlative o mais sujo or sujíssimo, diminutive sujinho)

1. containing unpleasant substances such as dirt or grime; dirty; unclean
2. offensive to current standards; dirty; obscene; unsavory; immoral
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 496:

     Harry respondeu com o olhar mais sujo que conseguiu dar.

     Harry replied by giving the dirtiest look he could.

• → Saramaccan: súndju

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sujo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sujar

• “sujo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sujo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “sujo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “sujo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026