encert

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Etymology

Deverbal from encertar. Compare Spanish acierto (whence the variant acert).

Pronunciation

Noun

encert m (plural encerts)

  1. correctness
    • 2020 June 22, Francesc de Carreras, “La política infantil”, in El País:
      Em vaig espantar perquè vaig pensar –amb encert, com he comprovat després– que la nostra alcaldessa no coneix els fonaments més bàsics de la nostra democràcia.
      I was horrified because I assumed—correctly, as I found out later—that our mayor did not know the most basic principles of our democracy.
  2. coincidence
    Synonym: casualitat

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