maquiavélico

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• machiavellico (obsolete)

Etymology

From Maquiavel +‎ -ico.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ki.aˈvɛ.li.ku/ [ma.kɪ.aˈvɛ.li.ku], (faster pronunciation) /ma.kjaˈvɛ.li.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ki.aˈvɛ.li.ku/ [ma.kɪ.aˈvɛ.li.ku], (faster pronunciation) /ma.kjaˈvɛ.li.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ki.aˈvɛ.li.ko/ [ma.kɪ.aˈvɛ.li.ko], (faster pronunciation) /ma.kjaˈvɛ.li.ko/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.kjɐˈvɛ.li.ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.kjɐˈvɛ.li.ku/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.kjɐˈbɛ.li.ku/ [mɐ.kjɐˈβɛ.li.ku]

Adjective

maquiavélico (feminine maquiavélica, masculine plural maquiavélicos, feminine plural maquiavélicas)

1. (derogatory) Machiavellian (cunning, scheming and unscrupulous in pursuing one’s goals)
2. (philosophy, sometimes proscribed) Machiavellian (relating to Niccolò Machiavelli or his philosophical system)

   Synonym: maquiaveliano

Spanish

Etymology

From Maquiavelo +‎ -ico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /makjaˈbeliko/ [ma.kjaˈβ̞e.li.ko]
• Rhymes: -eliko
• Syllabification: ma‧quia‧vé‧li‧co

Adjective

maquiavélico (feminine maquiavélica, masculine plural maquiavélicos, feminine plural maquiavélicas)

1. Machiavellian

Related terms

• maquiavelismo

 

Further reading

• “maquiavélico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28