nítido

See also: nitido

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nitidus. Compare the inherited doublet nédio.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈni.t͡ʃi.du/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ti.du/ [ˈni.ti.ðu]

• Hyphenation: ní‧ti‧do

Adjective

nítido (feminine nítida, masculine plural nítidos, feminine plural nítidas, comparable, comparative mais nítido, superlative o mais nítido or nitidíssimo)

1. clear (free of ambiguity or doubt)

   Synonym: claro

Derived terms

• nitidamente
• nitidez

Further reading

• “nítido”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “nítido”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “nítido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nitidus. An inherited doublet nidio still exists as a rural regionalism or dialectism in Salamanca and Asturias. Compare also neto, which was taken from French and Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnitido/ [ˈni.t̪i.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -itido
• Syllabification: ní‧ti‧do

Adjective

nítido (feminine nítida, masculine plural nítidos, feminine plural nítidas)

1. pure, clear, clean

   Synonyms: claro, puro, limpio

2. (figurative) clear, distinct

   Synonym: distinto

Derived terms

• nítidamente
• nitidez

Further reading

• “nítido”, 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