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Galician
Pronunciation
Adjective
cuspido (feminine cuspida, masculine plural cuspidos, feminine plural cuspidas)
- alike
- Es cuspido a teu pai! ― You are alike your father! / You're the spitting image of your father!
Derived terms
Participle
cuspido (feminine cuspida, masculine plural cuspidos, feminine plural cuspidas)
- past participle of cuspir
- spat. past participle of cusp
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cuspido”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cuspido”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cuspido”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cuspido”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Latin
Etymology
From cuspis + -ō.
Pronunciation
Verb
cuspidō (present infinitive cuspidāre, perfect active cuspidāvī, supine cuspidātum); first conjugation
- to make pointed
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “cuspido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cuspido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Adjective
cuspido (feminine cuspida, masculine plural cuspidos, feminine plural cuspidas)
- dirty; contaminated
Participle
cuspido (feminine cuspida, masculine plural cuspidos, feminine plural cuspidas)
- spat; past participle of cuspir