mordacidad

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mordacitas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /moɾdaθiˈdad/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /moɾdasiˈdad/
  • Rhymes: -ad
  • Syllabification: mor‧da‧ci‧dad

Noun

mordacidad f (uncountable)

  1. acerbity, sharpness (of a person's mode of speaking)
    • 2015 October 13, “Sueños de una mujer de vanguardia”, in El País:
      Y lo hacía con humor, con ironía y mordacidad, en un trabajo en el que confluían sus intereses creativos y su formación, sin dejar de ser un encargo.
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