obtuso
Latin
Adjective
obtūsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of obtūsus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin obtūsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /obˈtu.zu/, /o.biˈtu.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /obˈtu.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈbtu.zu/ [ɔˈβtu.zu]
- Hyphenation: ob‧tu‧so
Adjective
obtuso (feminine obtusa, masculine plural obtusos, feminine plural obtusas)
- blunt (having a thick edge or point; not sharp)
- Synonyms: cego, rombo
- obtuse; blunt (intellectually dull)
- Synonyms: bronco, burro, parvo; see also Thesaurus:idiota
- (geometry, of an angle) obtuse (greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin obtūsus.
Adjective
obtuso (feminine obtusa, masculine plural obtusos, feminine plural obtusas)
- obtuse (blunt)
- obtuse (intellectually dull)
- (geometry) obtuse
Derived terms
- ángulo obtuso
Further reading
- “obtuso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014