circunspecto
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin circumspectō (“look around”) or circumspectus, perfect passive participle of circumspiciō.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /siʁ.kũsˈpɛk.tu/ [sih.kũsˈpɛk.tu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /siɾ.kũsˈpɛk.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /siʁ.kũʃˈpɛk.tu/ [siχ.kũʃˈpɛk.tu]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /siɻ.kũsˈpɛk.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /siʁ.kũsˈpɛk.to/ [sih.kũsˈpɛk.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /siɾ.kũʃˈpɛ.ktu/
- Hyphenation: cir‧cuns‧pec‧to
Adjective
circunspecto (feminine circunspecta, masculine plural circunspectos, feminine plural circunspectas)
Further reading
- “circunspecto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “circunspecto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- “circunspecto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “circunspecto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “circunspecto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “circunspecto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin circumspectus (“circumspect, prudent”), originally the perfect passive participle of circumspiciō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θiɾkunsˈpeɡto/ [θiɾ.kũnsˈpeɣ̞.t̪o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /siɾkunsˈpeɡto/ [siɾ.kũnsˈpeɣ̞.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eɡto
- Syllabification: cir‧cuns‧pec‧to
Adjective
circunspecto (feminine circunspecta, masculine plural circunspectos, feminine plural circunspectas)
Further reading
- “circunspecto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025