nítido
See also: nitido
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin nitidus. Compare the inherited doublet nédio.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nítido (feminine nítida, masculine plural nítidos, feminine plural nítidas, comparable, comparative mais nítido, superlative o mais nítido or nitidíssimo)
- clear (free of ambiguity or doubt)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “nítido” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “nítido” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin nitidus. An inherited doublet nidio[1][2] still exists as a rural regionalism or dialectism in Salamanca and Asturias. Compare also neto, which was taken from French and Italian.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nítido (feminine nítida, masculine plural nítidos, feminine plural nítidas)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ “nidio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Further reading edit
- “nítido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014