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Asturian
Etymology
From Latin inūtilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inútil (epicene, plural inútiles)
- useless (without use or possibility to be used)
- Antonym: útil
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inūtilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inútil m or f (masculine and feminine plural inútils)
- useless
- Antonym: útil
Derived terms
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin inūtilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inútil m or f (plural inúteis)
- useless
- Antonym: útil
Noun
inútil m or f by sense (plural inúteis)
- a useless person
- Synonym: vagabundo
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin inūtilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈnutil/
- Rhymes: -util
- Syllabification: i‧nú‧til
Adjective
inútil m or f (masculine and feminine plural inútiles)
- useless, pointless
- Synonyms: infructuoso, inservible
- Antonyms: útil, provechoso
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
inútil m or f by sense (plural inútiles)
- a useless, hopeless person; idler, loafer
- Synonyms: haragán, vago
- Antonyms: trabajador, hombre de provecho, trabajadora, mujer de provechoso, persona de provechoso
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