perspicaz

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin perspicax.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /peʁs.piˈka(j)s/, [pehs.piˈka(ɪ̯)s]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /peʁs.piˈka(j)s/, [pehs.piˈka(ɪ̯)s]
  • IPA^(key): (São Paulo) /peɾs.piˈka(j)s/, [peɾs.piˈka(ɪ̯)s]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio de Janeiro) /peʁʃ.piˈka(j)ʃ/, [peχʃ.piˈka(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /pɨɾʃ.piˈkaʃ/, [pɨɾʃ.piˈkaʃ]

• Hyphenation: pers‧pi‧caz

Adjective

perspicaz m or f (plural perspicazes, comparable)

1. perspicacious (showing keen insight)

Related terms

• perspicácia

Further reading

• “perspicaz” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin perspicāx (“sharp-sighted”) (genitive singular perspicācis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /peɾspiˈkaθ/, [peɾs.piˈkaθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /peɾspiˈkas/, [peɾs.piˈkas]

Adjective

perspicaz (plural perspicaces)

1. perceptive, perspicacious, insightful, shrewd
2. (of vision) acute

Derived terms

• perspicazmente

Related terms

• perspicacidad
• perspicacia

Further reading

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