certeiro

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Portuguese

Etymology

From certo +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁˈte(j).ɾu/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seɾˈte(j).ɾu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʁˈte(j).ɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seɻˈte(j).ɾo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈtɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈtej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈtej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈte.ɾu/

Hyphenation: cer‧tei‧ro

Adjective

certeiro (feminine certeira, masculine plural certeiros, feminine plural certeiras, comparable)

well-aimed (of a shot, blow etc.)
- 1883, Teófilo Braga, “A bixa de sete cabeças”, in Contos Tradicionaes do Povo Portuguez:
  Como elle já esperava isto, descarregou um golpe certeiro e matou o monstro, mas sempre uma gota de sangue espirrou e foi bater na cara da princeza que estava adormecida.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(by extension, figurative) accurate; to the point
Synonym: exato
(by extension, figurative) clever
Synonym: perspicaz

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