contundente
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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
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