contundente
Italian
Usage notes
- Used only in the legal phrase corpo contundente - a blunt instrument
Latin
Participle
contundente
- ablative masculine singular of contundēns
- ablative feminine singular of contundēns
- ablative neuter singular of contundēns
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin contundentis, participle of contundō (“I pound or bruise”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: con‧tun‧den‧te
Adjective
contundente m, f (plural contundentes, comparable)
- blunt; bruising; contusing (of an object)
- (figuratively) 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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- (figuratively) very aggressive
Spanish
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