rotundo

rotundo

1. Alternative form of rotunda

• ore rotundo

• orotund, round to

From rotundus (“circular, round”) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /roˈtun.doː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /roˈtun.do/,

rotundō (present infinitive rotundāre, perfect active rotundāvī, supine rotundātum); first conjugation

1. to round off (make round)

rotundō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of rotundus

• “rotundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rotundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rotundo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Borrowed from Latin rotundus (“round”). Compare redondo, an inherited doublet.

• Hyphenation: ro‧tun‧do

rotundo (feminine rotunda, masculine plural rotundos, feminine plural rotundas)

1. rotund (roughly spherical in shape)

• rotundamente

• rotundidade

Borrowed from Latin rotundus (“round”). Compare redondo, an inherited doublet. Cognate with English round and rotund.

• IPA^(key): /roˈtundo/
• Rhymes: -undo
• Syllabification: ro‧tun‧do

rotundo (feminine rotunda, masculine plural rotundos, feminine plural rotundas)

1. rotund

   Synonym: redondo

2. complete, precise

   Synonyms: completo, preciso

3. emphatic, ringing, resounding

   Synonyms: lleno, sonoro, tajante, concluyente

   Yo creo que la respuesta es un sí rotundo.

   I believe the answer is a resounding yes.

   Eso no es exactamente un rotundo respaldo.

   That's not exactly a ringing endorsement.

4. resounding (success)

• “rotundo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10