paulatino

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish paulatino.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: pau‧la‧ti‧no

Adjective

paulatino (feminine paulatina, masculine plural paulatinos, feminine plural paulatinas)

  1. gradual

Derived terms

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paulātim (gradually), probably at first pronounced */paulaˈtin/ and from there turned into an adjective per the suffix -ino. Attested from at least 1817.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paulaˈtino/
  • Audio (Argentina):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: pau‧la‧ti‧no

Adjective

paulatino (feminine paulatina, masculine plural paulatinos, feminine plural paulatinas)

  1. gradual
    • 2021 February 13, Guillermo Altares, “Neandertales, los humanos solitarios”, in El País:
      El paulatino acercamiento entre los Homo sapiens, los humanos actuales, y los neandertales, desde el punto de vista intelectual, pero también genético, ha sido uno de los procesos científicos más desafiantes de las últimas décadas.
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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Portuguese: paulatino

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1985) “poco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 585

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