perspicaz

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin perspicax.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁs.piˈka(j)s/ [pehs.piˈka(ɪ̯)s]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾs.piˈka(j)s/ [peɾs.piˈka(ɪ̯)s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁʃ.piˈka(j)ʃ/ [peχʃ.piˈka(ɪ̯)ʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻs.piˈka(j)s/ [peɻs.piˈka(ɪ̯)s]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾʃ.piˈkaʃ/

Hyphenation: pers‧pi‧caz

Adjective

perspicaz m or f (plural perspicazes)

perspicacious (showing keen insight)

Related terms

perspicácia

Further reading

“perspicaz” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin perspicāx (“sharp-sighted”) (genitive singular perspicācis).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /peɾspiˈkaθ/ [peɾs.piˈkaθ]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /peɾspiˈkas/ [peɾs.piˈkas]
(Spain) Rhymes: -aθ
(Latin America) Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: pers‧pi‧caz

Adjective

perspicaz (plural perspicaces)

perceptive, perspicacious, insightful, shrewd
(of vision) acute

Derived terms

perspicazmente

Related terms

Further reading

“perspicaz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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