pertinaz
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin pertinax.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
pertinaz m or f (plural pertinazes)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin pertinax.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /peɾtiˈnaθ/ [peɾ.t̪iˈnaθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /peɾtiˈnas/ [peɾ.t̪iˈnas]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: per‧ti‧naz
Adjective edit
pertinaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural pertinaces)
- pertinacious
- enduring, persistent
- Synonyms: duradero, persistente
- sequía pertinaz
- long-lasting drought
Further reading edit
- “pertinaz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014