versátil

See also: versatil and versàtil

Galician

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin versātilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾˈsatil/ [beɾˈs̺a.t̪iɫ]
• Rhymes: -atil

Adjective

versátil m or f (plural versátiles)

1. versatile (that can be turned or changed position easily)
2. (literary, figuratively) versatile (that easily changes mood, opinion, etc.)
3. versatile (that has varied utility, that can fulfill or adapt to different functions)
4. (figuratively) versatile (competent in different things)

Derived terms

• versatilidade

 

Further reading

• “versátil” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin versātilis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈsa.t͡ʃiw/ [vehˈsa.t͡ʃiʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈsa.t͡ʃiw/ [vehˈsa.t͡ʃiʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /veɾˈsa.t͡ʃiw/ [veɾˈsa.t͡ʃiʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʁˈsa.t͡ʃiw/ [veχˈsa.t͡ʃiʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veɻˈsa.t͡ʃiw/ [veɻˈsa.t͡ʃiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾˈsa.til/ [vɨɾˈsa.tiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾˈsa.til/ [vɨɾˈsa.tiɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨɾˈsa.til/ [bɨɾˈsa.tiɫ]

• Rhymes: -at͡ʃiw, -atil
• Hyphenation: ver‧sá‧til

Adjective

versátil m or f (plural versáteis)

1. versatile (capable of doing many things competently)
2. versatile (having varied uses or many functions)
3. (botany) versatile (said of the anther that oscillates at the end of the thread that supports it)
4. (ornithology) versatile (said that the fingers of some birds can turn forwards or backwards, as in the cuckoo)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:versátil.

Derived terms

• versatilidade

 

Further reading

• “versátil” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “versátil” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “versátil” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “versátil” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “versátil” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “versátil” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin versātilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾˈsatil/ [beɾˈsa.t̪il]
• Rhymes: -atil
• Syllabification: ver‧sá‧til

Adjective

versátil m or f (masculine and feminine plural versátiles)

1. versatile

Derived terms

• versatilidad

 

Further reading

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