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Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin abruptus.
Adjective
abrupto (feminine abrupta, masculine plural abruptos, feminine plural abruptas)
- abrupt
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Latin
Participle
abruptō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of abruptus
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin abruptus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
abrupto (feminine abrupta, masculine plural abruptos, feminine plural abruptas, comparable, comparative mais abrupto, superlative o mais abrupto or abruptíssimo)
- (of a mountainside, cliff, or similar) abrupt (extremely steep)
- Synonyms: íngrime, brusco
- (of an action or occurrence) abrupt; sudden (happening without notice)
- Synonyms: repentino, brusco
- (of a person or action) abrupt; curt (terse to the point of being rude)
- Synonyms: ríspido, indelicado, brusco
Derived terms
Further reading
- “abrupto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abruptus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈbɾubto/
- Rhymes: -ubto
- Syllabification: a‧brup‧to
Adjective
abrupto (feminine abrupta, masculine plural abruptos, feminine plural abruptas)
- abrupt
- violent
- steep
- heavy
Derived terms
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