tupido

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tuˈpido/ [t̪uˈpi.ð̞o]
Rhymes: -ido
Syllabification: tu‧pi‧do

Adjective

tupido (feminine tupida, masculine plural tupidos, feminine plural tupidas)

thick, dense
- 1905, La chicharra y la rana:
  Entre las tupidas hojas de un árbol la chicharra chirriaba.
  Among the dense leaves of a tree, the cicada was chirping.
- 1918, La Hacienda:
  [Raza de combate malaya] […] Su plumaje es muy tupido y de color rojo o castaño y negro
  (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2015 September 24, “Iguala, la ciudad de los desaparecidos”, in El País‎:
  Comenzaron recorriendo los tupidos cerros cercanos para buscar cuerpos.
  They began trawling the dense hills to look for bodies.
- 2016 December 20, “Es hora de constituir a Venezuela”, in El Nacional‎:
  el tupido bosque de leyes
  the thick forest of laws
dim, clumsy

Usage notes

For the sense thick, dense, it most commonly refers to hair (bigote tupido, vello tupido), plants (bosque tupido), or networks (red tupida)

Derived terms

tupidez

Participle