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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin tangibilis (“tangible; touchable”), from tangō (“to touch”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch”). By surface analysis, tanger + -ível.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ivɛl
- Hyphenation: tan‧gí‧vel
Adjective
tangível m or f (plural tangíveis)
- tangible; touchable (able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch)
- Synonyms: concreto, corpóreo, palpável, sensível, tocável
- Antonyms: intangível, intocável
- tangible (possible to be treated as fact; real or concrete)
- Synonyms: certo, claro, concreto
- Antonym: intangível
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