circunspecto

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• circunspeto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumspectō (“look around”) or circumspectus, perfect passive participle of circumspiciō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũsˈpɛk.tu/ [sih.kũsˈpɛk.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũsˈpɛk.tu/ [sih.kũsˈpɛk.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũsˈpɛk.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /siʁ.kũʃˈpɛk.tu/ [siχ.kũʃˈpɛk.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siɻ.kũsˈpɛk.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siɾ.kũʃˈpɛ.ktu/

• Hyphenation: cir‧cuns‧pec‧to

Adjective

circunspecto (feminine circunspecta, masculine plural circunspectos, feminine plural circunspectas)

1. circumspect
2. cautious
3. prudent

Further reading

• “circunspecto”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “circunspecto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “circunspecto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “circunspecto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “circunspecto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “circunspecto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circumspectus (“circumspect, prudent”), originally the perfect passive participle of circumspiciō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiɾkunsˈpeɡto/ [θiɾ.kũnsˈpeɣ̞.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siɾkunsˈpeɡto/ [siɾ.kũnsˈpeɣ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɡto
• Syllabification: cir‧cuns‧pec‧to

Adjective

circunspecto (feminine circunspecta, masculine plural circunspectos, feminine plural circunspectas)

1. circumspect

Further reading

• “circunspecto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16