obtuso

Latin

Adjective

obtūsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of obtūsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obtūsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /obˈtu.zu/, /o.biˈtu.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /obˈtu.zu/, /o.biˈtu.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /obˈtu.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈbtu.zu/ [ɔˈβtu.zu], /ɔ.bɨˈtu.zu/ [ɔ.βɨˈtu.zu]

• Hyphenation: ob‧tu‧so

Adjective

obtuso (feminine obtusa, masculine plural obtusos, feminine plural obtusas)

1. blunt (having a thick edge or point; not sharp)

   Synonyms: cego, rombo

2. obtuse; blunt (intellectually dull)

   Synonyms: bronco, burro, parvo; see also Thesaurus:idiota

3. (geometry, of an angle) obtuse (greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin obtūsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obˈtuso/ [oβ̞ˈt̪u.so]
• Rhymes: -uso
• Syllabification: ob‧tu‧so

Adjective

obtuso (feminine obtusa, masculine plural obtusos, feminine plural obtusas)

1. obtuse (blunt)
2. obtuse (intellectually dull)
3. (geometry) obtuse

Derived terms

• ángulo obtuso

Further reading

• “obtuso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10