cínico
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cynicus, from Ancient Greek κυνικός (kunikós), probably from the name of the Cynosarges, a public gymnasium in Athens where Antisthenes taught.
Adjective edit
cínico (feminine cínica, masculine plural cínicos, feminine plural cínicas)
Noun edit
cínico m (plural cínicos, feminine cínica, feminine plural cínicas)
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin cynicus, from Ancient Greek κυνικός (kunikós).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: cí‧ni‧co
Adjective edit
cínico (feminine cínica, masculine plural cínicos, feminine plural cínicas)
- cynical, cynic (of or relating to cynicism)
- cynical, cynic (sceptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others)
Noun edit
cínico m (plural cínicos, feminine cínica, feminine plural cínicas)
- a cynic
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cynicus, from Ancient Greek κυνικός (kunikós), probably from the name of the Cynosarges, a public gymnasium in Athens where Antisthenes taught.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθiniko/ [ˈθi.ni.ko]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsiniko/ [ˈsi.ni.ko]
- Rhymes: -iniko
- Syllabification: cí‧ni‧co
Adjective edit
cínico (feminine cínica, masculine plural cínicos, feminine plural cínicas)
Noun edit
cínico m (plural cínicos, feminine cínica, feminine plural cínicas)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “cínico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014