agudo

See also: Agudo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese agudo, from Latin acūtus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɣuðo̝/

Adjective

1. acute
2. sensitive, smart
   • 1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 288:

     Et este rey dom Rramiro, por que o seus arangoeses [aujã] por çĩple et que nõ era muy agudo

     And this king Don Ramiro, their Aragonese thought that he was simple and not very smart

3. sharp
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 89:

     Quando as ditas llandoas creçeren asy como Nozes, ou mais ou menos, traua dellas llogo et apretaas et fendeas ao llongo con canyuete agudo

     when these growths become big as nuts, give or take, grab them readily and squeeze them and cut them open lengthwise with a sharp knife

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “agudo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “agudo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “agudo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “agudo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “agudo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese agudo, from Latin acūtus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɡu.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɡu.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɡu.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɡu.du/ [ɐˈɣu.ðu]

• Hyphenation: a‧gu‧do

Adjective

agudo (feminine aguda, masculine plural agudos, feminine plural agudas)

1. acute
2. sharp

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin acūtus. Cognat with English acute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɡudo/ [aˈɣ̞u.ð̞o]

• Audio:

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Adjective

agudo (feminine aguda, masculine plural agudos, feminine plural agudas, superlative agudísimo)

1. sharp, pointed, acute (terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily)

   Synonyms: afilado, puntiagudo, punzante

   Antonyms: desafilado, romo

   El cuchillo tenía la punta muy aguda. ― The knife had a very sharp point.

2. acute, sharp, witty, keen (intelligent)

   ¡Siempre tiene dichos tan agudos! ― He's always making such witty remarks!

3. (of pain) sharp, stabbing, acute, severe

   Synonym: punzante

4. (pathology) acute (sudden and intense)
5. acute, sharp (sensitive)

   visión aguda ― sharp eyesight

6. (sound) high, high-pitched, shrill, sharp, piercing

   Synonym: atiplado

   Antonym: grave

7. (geometry) acute
8. (phonetics) having the voiced accent on the last syllable

   Synonym: oxítono

   Coordinate terms: grave/llano, esdrújulo, sobresdrújulo

9. (geometry, of an angle) acute (less than 90 degrees)

   Las calles forman un ángulo agudo. ― The two streets form an acute angle.

Derived terms

• acento agudo
• agudamente
• agudeza
• agudizar
• ángulo agudo (“acute angle”)
• infarto agudo de miocardio (“AMI, acute myocardial infarction”)
• puntiagudo
• reactante de fase aguda

 

Related terms

• aguzar

Further reading

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