desenvoltura
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin desinvoltūra. By surface analysis, des- + envoltura.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: de‧sen‧vol‧tu‧ra
Noun[edit]
desenvoltura f (plural desenvolturas)
- fluency, ease, agility, vivacity
- Antonyms: ansiedade, insegurança
- Eu jamais conseguiria falar em público com tamanha desenvoltura.
- I would never be capable of speaking in public with such ease.
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin desinvoltura.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
desenvoltura f (plural desenvolturas)
- fluency, ease
- Synonym: desparpajo
- 2015 July 17, “Querido Gabilondo”, in El País[1]:
- A ver, te preguntas, ¿cuántas veces has llegado tú a un sitio con esa intensidad corporal, que parece el reflejo de una desenvoltura interior extraordinaria?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “desenvoltura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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