insipidez

Portuguese

Etymology

From insípido + -ez.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.si.piˈde(j)s/ [ĩ.si.piˈde(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.si.piˈde(j)s/ [ĩ.si.piˈde(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.si.piˈde(j)ʃ/ [ĩ.si.piˈde(ɪ̯)ʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.si.piˈdeʃ/ [ĩ.si.piˈðeʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.si.piˈdeʃ/ [ĩ.si.piˈðeʃ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.si.piˈdeʃ/

• Hyphenation: in‧si‧pi‧dez

Noun

insipidez f (uncountable)

1. insipidity, insipidness, vapidity
2. baldness
3. flatness
4. platitude
5. washiness

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish insípido

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin -itia

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

blend

Latin -itiēs

Spanish -ez

Spanish insipidez

From insípido + -ez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /insipiˈdeθ/ [ĩn.si.piˈð̞eθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /insipiˈdes/ [ĩn.si.piˈð̞es] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: in‧si‧pi‧dez

Noun

insipidez f (uncountable)

1. tastelessness
2. (figuratively) insipidity, insipidness, tastelessness, vapidity, blandness
3. tameness

Further reading

• “insipidez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025