circunspecto
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin circumspectō (“look around”) or circumspectus, perfect passive participle of circumspiciō.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /siʁ.kũsˈpɛk.tu/ [sih.kũsˈpɛk.tu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /siɾ.kũsˈpɛk.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /siʁ.kũʃˈpɛk.tu/ [siχ.kũʃˈpɛk.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /siɻ.kũsˈpɛk.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /siɾ.kũʃˈpɛ.ktu/
- Hyphenation: cir‧cuns‧pec‧to
Adjective
circunspecto (feminine circunspecta, masculine plural circunspectos, feminine plural circunspectas)
Further reading
- “circunspecto” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “circunspecto” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “circunspecto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “circunspecto” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “circunspecto” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “circunspecto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin circumspectus (“circumspect, prudent”), originally the perfect passive participle of circumspiciō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiɾkunsˈpeɡto/ [θiɾ.kũnsˈpeɣ̞.t̪o]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siɾkunsˈpeɡto/ [siɾ.kũnsˈpeɣ̞.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -eɡto
- Syllabification: cir‧cuns‧pec‧to
Adjective
circunspecto (feminine circunspecta, masculine plural circunspectos, feminine plural circunspectas)
Further reading
- “circunspecto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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