perspicaz
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin perspicax.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /peʁs.piˈka(j)s/ [pehs.piˈka(ɪ̯)s]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /peɾs.piˈka(j)s/ [peɾs.piˈka(ɪ̯)s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /peʁʃ.piˈka(j)ʃ/ [peχʃ.piˈka(ɪ̯)ʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /peɻs.piˈka(j)s/ [peɻs.piˈka(ɪ̯)s]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨɾʃ.piˈkaʃ/
- Hyphenation: pers‧pi‧caz
Adjective
perspicaz m or f (plural perspicazes)
- perspicacious (showing keen insight)
Related terms
- perspicácia
Further reading
- “perspicaz” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin perspicāx (“sharp-sighted”) (genitive singular perspicācis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /peɾspiˈkaθ/ [peɾs.piˈkaθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /peɾspiˈkas/ [peɾs.piˈkas]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: pers‧pi‧caz
Adjective
perspicaz (plural perspicaces)
- perceptive, perspicacious, insightful, shrewd
- (of vision) acute
Derived terms
- perspicazmente
Related terms
- perspicacidad
- perspicacia
Further reading
- “perspicaz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014