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Portuguese
Etymology
From aguçar (“to sharpen”) + -ado (“-ed”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
aguçado (feminine aguçada, masculine plural aguçados, feminine plural aguçadas, comparable, comparative mais aguçado, superlative o mais aguçado or aguçadíssimo)
- sharp (able to cut easily)
- Synonyms: afiado, agudo, amolado
- Antonyms: boto, cego, embotado, rombo, rombudo
- Faca aguçada. ― Sharp knife.
- sharp (able to pierce easily)
- Synonym: apontado
- Lápis aguçado. ― Sharp pencil.
- (figurative, of a sense) acute
- Synonym: apurado
- Audição aguçada. ― Acute hearing.
- (figurative) argute; shrewd
- Mente aguçada. ― Shrewd mind.
Participle
aguçado (feminine aguçada, masculine plural aguçados, feminine plural aguçadas)
- past participle of aguçar