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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin habilis (“suitable, skillful”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -abil, (Brazil) -abiw
- Hyphenation: há‧bil
Adjective
hábil m or f (plural hábeis)
- skilled
- deft, skillful
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin habilis (“suitable, skillful”). Cognate with English able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈabil/
- Rhymes: -abil
- Syllabification: há‧bil
Adjective
hábil m or f (masculine and feminine plural hábiles, superlative habilísimo)
- able, capable
- Synonym: capaz
- deft, skillful
- Synonyms: diestro, mañoso
- suitable, adequate
- Synonyms: apropiado, indicado, adecuado
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