aguçado

Portuguese

Etymology

Aguçar (to sharpen) + -ado (-ed).

Pronunciation

Adjective

aguçado m (feminine singular aguçada, masculine plural aguçados, feminine plural aguçadas, comparable)

  1. sharp (able to cut easily)
    Faca aguçada.Sharp knife.
    Synonyms: afiado, agudo, amolado
    Antonyms: boto, cego, embotado, rombo, rombudo
  2. sharp (able to pierce easily)
    Lápis aguçado.Sharp pencil.
    Synonym: apontado
  3. (figuratively, of a sense) acute
    Audição aguçada.Acute hearing.
    Synonym: apurado
  4. (figuratively) argute; shrewd
    Mente aguçada.Shrewd mind.

Inflection

  • aguça
  • aguçadamente
  • aguçadeira
  • aguçador
  • aguçadura
  • aguçamento
  • aguçar
  • aguçoso

Verb

aguçado (feminine singular aguçada, masculine plural aguçados, feminine plural aguçadas)

  1. masculine singular past participle of aguçar
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