perspicácia

See also: perspicacia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin perspicācia. Compare Spanish perspicacia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁs.piˈka.si.ɐ/ [pehs.piˈka.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /peʁs.piˈka.sjɐ/ [pehs.piˈka.sjɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁs.piˈka.si.ɐ/ [pehs.piˈka.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /peʁs.piˈka.sjɐ/ [pehs.piˈka.sjɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾs.piˈka.si.ɐ/ [peɾs.piˈka.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /peɾs.piˈka.sjɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁʃ.piˈka.si.ɐ/ [peχʃ.piˈka.sɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /peʁʃ.piˈka.sjɐ/ [peχʃ.piˈka.sjɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻs.piˈka.si.a/ [peɻs.piˈka.sɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /peɻs.piˈka.sja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾʃ.piˈka.sjɐ/

• Hyphenation: pers‧pi‧cá‧ci‧a

Noun

perspicácia f (usually uncountable, plural perspicácias)

1. perspicacity (acute discernment or understanding)

Related terms

• perspicaz

Further reading

• “perspicácia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024