hábil
See also: habil
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin habilis (“suitable, skillful”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.biw/ [ˈa.biʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈa.bil/ [ˈa.βiɫ]
- Hyphenation: há‧bil
Adjective
hábil m or f (plural hábeis)
- skilled
- deft, skillful
Derived terms
- habilmente
Related terms
- habilidade
- inábil
Further reading
- “hábil” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin habilis (“suitable, skillful”). Cognate with English able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈabil/ [ˈa.β̞il]
- Rhymes: -abil
- Syllabification: há‧bil
Adjective
hábil (plural hábiles, superlative habilísimo)
- able, capable
- Synonym: capaz
- deft, skillful
- suitable, adequate
Antonyms
- inhábil, torpe
Derived terms
- día hábil
- hábilmente
Related terms
- habilidad
- habilitar
Further reading
- “hábil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014