contundente

Italian

Adjective

contundente (plural contundenti)

1. blunt

Usage notes

• Used only in the legal phrase corpo contundente (“blunt instrument”).

Latin

Participle

contundente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of contundēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin contundentem, present participle of contundō (“to pound or bruise”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tũˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tũˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tũˈdẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tũˈdẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: con‧tun‧den‧te

Adjective

contundente m or f (plural contundentes)

1. blunt; bruising; contusing (of an object)
2. (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, […]

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3. (figurative) very aggressive

Related terms

• contundência
• contusão

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contundentis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontunˈdente/ [kõn̪.t̪ũn̪ˈd̪ẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: con‧tun‧den‧te

Adjective

contundente m or f (masculine and feminine plural contundentes)

1. (of a punishment) heavy, severe
2. (of a weapon) blunt
3. (of a victory or defeat) overwhelming, resounding

   una derrota contundente ― a resounding defeat

4. hearty (promoting strength; nourishing)

Derived terms

• contundentemente

 

Related terms

• contundencia
• contundir
• contusión

 

Further reading

• “contundente”, 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