rotundo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /roˈtun.doː/, [rɔˈt̪ʊn̪d̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /roˈtun.do/, [roˈt̪un̪d̪o]
Verb
rotundō (present infinitive rotundāre, perfect active rotundāvī, supine rotundātum); first conjugation
- to round off (make round)
Conjugation
References
- “rotundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “rotundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rotundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁoˈtũ.du/ [hoˈtũ.du]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁoˈtũ.du/ [χoˈtũ.du]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁoˈtũ.do/ [hoˈtũ.do]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁuˈtũ.du/
- Hyphenation: ro‧tun‧do
Adjective
rotundo (feminine rotunda, masculine plural rotundos, feminine plural rotundas)
- rotund (roughly spherical in shape)
Derived terms
Related terms
- rotundidade
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rotundus (“round”). Compare redondo, an inherited doublet. Cognate with English round and rotund.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roˈtundo/ [roˈt̪ũn̪.d̪o]
- Rhymes: -undo
- Syllabification: ro‧tun‧do
Adjective
rotundo (feminine rotunda, masculine plural rotundos, feminine plural rotundas)
- rotund
- Synonym: redondo
- complete, precise
- emphatic, ringing, resounding
- Synonyms: lleno, sonoro, tajante, concluyente
- Yo creo que la respuesta es un sí rotundo.
- I believe the answer is a resounding yes.
- Eso no es exactamente un rotundo respaldo.
- That's not exactly a ringing endorsement.
- resounding (success)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “rotundo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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