contundente
Italian edit
Adjective edit
contundente (plural contundenti)
Usage notes edit
- Used only in the legal phrase corpo contundente (“blunt instrument”).
Latin edit
Participle edit
contundente
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin contundentem, present participle of contundō (“to pound or bruise”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: con‧tun‧den‧te
Adjective edit
contundente m or f (plural contundentes)
- blunt; bruising; contusing (of an object)
- (figurative) assertive; striking
- 2016 December 13, Maria João Guimarães, “António Guterres quer reformar a política entres as nacões”, in Público:
- Guterres fez uma crítica ao modo de funcionamento interno da ONU com uma declaração contundente: “Tenho a sensação de que as regras orçamentais da ONU servem mais para impedir do que para permitir as nossas funções”, disse, […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (figurative) very aggressive
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin contundentis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
contundente m or f (masculine and feminine plural contundentes)
- (of a punishment) heavy, severe
- (of a weapon) blunt
- (of a victory or defeat) overwhelming, resounding
- una derrota contundente ― a resounding defeat
- hearty (promoting strength; nourishing)
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Further reading edit
- “contundente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014