incansável

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-bor.

Portuguese in-

Latin campsāre

Portuguese cansar

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder.

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old Galician-Portuguese -avel

Portuguese -ável

Portuguese cansável

Portuguese incansável

From in- + cansável.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɐ̃ˈsa.vew/ [ĩ.kɐ̃ˈsa.veʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɐ̃ˈsa.vɛl/ [ĩ.kɐ̃ˈsa.vɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɐ̃ˈsa.vɛl/ [ĩ.kɐ̃ˈsa.vɛɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɐ̃ˈsa.bɛl/ [ĩ.kɐ̃ˈsa.βɛɫ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -avɛl
• Hyphenation: in‧can‧sá‧vel

Adjective

incansável m or f (plural incansáveis)

1. tireless; indefatigable

   Synonym: infatigável

Derived terms

• incansavelmente

Further reading

• “incansável”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026