perspicaz

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin perspicax.

Adjective[edit]

perspicaz m or f (plural perspicazes, comparable)

  1. perspicacious (showing keen insight)

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Further reading[edit]

  • “perspicaz” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

perspicaz (plural perspicaces)

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

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