contumaz

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin contumāx (“stubborn, obstinate”). Cognate with Spanish contumaz, Italian contumace, English contumacious.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuˈma(j)s/ [kõ.tuˈma(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuˈma(j)s/ [kõ.tuˈma(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuˈma(j)ʃ/ [kõ.tuˈma(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuˈmaʃ/

• Hyphenation: con‧tu‧maz

Adjective

contumaz m or f (plural contumazes)

1. obstinate, stubborn, insistent
2. (law) in contempt of court, contumacious
3. developing the habit of usually doing something

Noun

contumaz m or f by sense (plural contumazes)

1. obstinate, stubborn
2. (law) contempt of court

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contumācem (“stubborn, obstinate”). Cognate with Portuguese contumaz, Italian contumace, English contumacious.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kontuˈmaθ/ [kõn̪.t̪uˈmaθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kontuˈmas/ [kõn̪.t̪uˈmas]
• Rhymes: -aθ
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: con‧tu‧maz

Adjective

contumaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural contumaces)

1. obstinate, stubborn
   • 2015 October 30, ““No he sido absolutamente inocente nunca, ni siquiera de niña””, in El País‎^[1]:

     Melómana en constante reciclaje y colaboradora contumaz, desde Sonic Youth a Vetusta Morla o Nacho Vegas, a Christina la han comparado con Yoko Ono por alguno de los espasmódicos grititos que salpican Lo Nuestro, pero ella seguramente se sienta más próxima a Cristina Lliso, la que fuera vocalista de Esclarecidos.

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2. (medicine) diseased
3. (law) in contempt of court

Derived terms

• contumazmente

 

Further reading

• “contumaz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10