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perspicaz

perspicaz

Portuguese

Adjective

perspicaz (plural perspicazes, comparable)

  1. perspicacious (showing keen insight)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin perspicāx, perspicācis "sharp-sighted".

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /peɾs.piˈkaθ/
  • (Others) IPA(key): /peɾs.piˈkas/

Adjective

perspicaz m, f (plural perspicaces)

  1. perceptive, perspicacious, insightful, shrewd
  2. (of vision) acute

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