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perspicaz

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin perspicax.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pers‧pi‧caz

Adjective

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perspicaz m or f (plural perspicazes)

  1. perspicacious (showing keen insight)
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Further reading

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin perspicācem (sharp-sighted).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /peɾspiˈkaθ/ [peɾs.piˈkaθ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /peɾspiˈkas/ [peɾs.piˈkas]
  • Rhymes: -aθ
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: pers‧pi‧caz

Adjective

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perspicaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural perspicaces)

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

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Further reading

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