abismal
Catalan
Etymology
abismo + -al
Adjective
abismal (masculine and feminine plural abismals)
- abysmal
Related terms
- abisme
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- abysmal (obsolete)
Etymology
From abismo (“abysm”) + -al (“of or relating to”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bizˈmaw/ [a.bizˈmaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.biʒˈmaw/ [a.biʒˈmaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.biʒˈmal/ [ɐ.βiʒˈmaɫ]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: a‧bis‧mal
Adjective
abismal m or f (plural abismais)
- (relational) abyss; abyssal
- (figurative) bottomless; unending; profound
- abysmal (extremely bad)
Derived terms
- abismalmente
Spanish
Etymology
abismo + -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abisˈmal/ [a.β̞izˈmal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: a‧bis‧mal
Adjective
abismal (plural abismales)
- abysmal (pertaining to an abyss)
- Synonym: abisal
- abysmal (extremely bad)
Derived terms
- abismalmente
Related terms
- abismo
Further reading
- “abismal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014