sutil

sutil

See also: sutîl and sútil

Bikol Central

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su‧til
• IPA^(key): /suˈtil/

Adjective

sutíl

1. mischievous; naughty

   Synonyms: makaraw, maringgaw, pilyo, masungyaw

2. impudent

   Synonym: tampalasan

Derived terms

• kasutilan
• pagkasutil

 

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Cebuano

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su‧til
• IPA^(key): /suˈtil/, [s̪ʊˈt̪il̪]

Adjective

sutil

1. rebellious

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese sotil (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin subtīlis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [suˈtil]

Adjective

sutil m or f (plural sutils)

1. subtle (not obvious; barely noticeable)
2. cunning; skilful
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Glosario. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 652:

     Et fezomj Deus tãta merçee et deumj tal engeno et tã sotil que aprendj aliamja et toda a leenda dos mouros

     And God made so much grace and gave me such an intelligence and so cunning that I learned aljamiado and all the script of the Moors

Derived terms

• sutilmente

References

• “sutil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “sutil” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “sotil” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “sutil” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “sutil” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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Middle English

Adjective

sutil

1. Alternative form of sotil

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syˈtil/

Adjective

sutil

1. subtle

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• subtil (European)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese sotil, from Latin subtīlis (“fine; thin”), from sub- + tēla (“a web”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /suˈt͡ʃiw/ [suˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: su‧til

Adjective

sutil m or f (plural sutis) (Brazilian spelling)

1. subtle (not obvious; barely noticeable)

   Synonym: tênue

   Antonyms: claro, óbvio

2. subtle (cleverly contrived)

   Synonyms: ardiloso, astucioso, engenhoso, perspicaz, sagaz

3. subtle; cunning, skillful

   Synonyms: arguto, hábil, habilidoso, talentoso

Usage notes

Not to be confused with sútil.

Related terms

• sutileza

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish sotil (“thin; subtle”), inherited from Latin subtīlis.

Although the Old Spanish term was inherited, and was often used concretely ("thin, fine"), since the early modern period it has been increasingly relegated to abstract uses. The vowel change o > u may be due either to the following i, or due to the influence of the Latin etymon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈtil/ [suˈt̪il]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: su‧til

Adjective

sutil (plural sutiles)

1. subtle
   • 1994, Fernando Navarro Domínguez, Análisis del discurso y Paremias en H. de Balzac, EDITUM, →ISBN, page 217:

     La diferencia sutil entre un vocablo y otro juega un papel importante.

     The subtle difference between one term and another plays an important role.

Derived terms

• sutilmente
• sutileza

Related terms

• sutilidad
• tela

Further reading

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

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su‧til
• IPA^(key): /suˈtil/, [sʊˈtil]

Adjective

sutíl

1. stubborn; hardheaded

   Synonyms: suwail, matigas ang ulo

2. refractory; not yielding to treatment (of an illness)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish sutil.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su‧til
• IPA^(key): /ˈsutil/, [ˈsu.tɪl]

Adjective

sutil

1. subtle; profound; cunning

See also

• baliwag