rotundo
English edit
Noun edit
rotundo
- Alternative form of rotunda
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From rotundus (“circular, round”) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /roˈtun.doː/, [rɔˈt̪ʊn̪d̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /roˈtun.do/, [roˈt̪un̪d̪o]
Verb edit
rotundō (present infinitive rotundāre, perfect active rotundāvī, supine rotundātum); first conjugation
- to round off (make round)
Conjugation edit
Adjective edit
rotundō
References edit
- “rotundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “rotundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rotundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin rotundus (“round”). Compare redondo, an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ro‧tun‧do
Adjective edit
rotundo (feminine rotunda, masculine plural rotundos, feminine plural rotundas)
- rotund (roughly spherical in shape)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin rotundus (“round”). Compare redondo, an inherited doublet. Cognate with English round and rotund.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
rotundo (feminine rotunda, masculine plural rotundos, feminine plural rotundas)
- rotund
- Synonym: redondo
- complete, precise
- emphatic, ringing, resounding
- Synonyms: lleno, sonoro, tajante, concluyente
- Yo creo que la respuesta es un sí rotundo.
- I believe the answer is a resounding yes.
- Eso no es exactamente un rotundo respaldo.
- That's not exactly a ringing endorsement.
- resounding (success)
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Further reading edit
- “rotundo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014