desenvoltura
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin desinvoltūra. By surface analysis, des- + envoltura.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.vowˈtu.ɾɐ/ [de.zẽ.voʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ], (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.vowˈtu.ɾɐ/ [de.zĩ.voʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ], (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.vowˈtu.ɾɐ/ [d͡ʒi.zẽ.voʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ], (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.vowˈtu.ɾɐ/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.voʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.vowˈtu.ɾa/ [de.zẽ.voʊ̯ˈtu.ɾa], (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.vowˈtu.ɾa/ [de.zĩ.voʊ̯ˈtu.ɾa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zẽ.volˈtu.ɾɐ/ [dɨ.zẽ.voɫˈtu.ɾɐ], /dɨ.zẽ.vɔlˈtu.ɾɐ/ [dɨ.zẽ.vɔɫˈtu.ɾɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zẽ.bolˈtu.ɾɐ/ [dɨ.zẽ.boɫˈtu.ɾɐ], /dɨ.zẽ.bɔlˈtu.ɾɐ/ [dɨ.zẽ.bɔɫˈtu.ɾɐ]
- Hyphenation: de‧sen‧vol‧tu‧ra
Noun
desenvoltura f (plural desenvolturas)
- fluency, ease, agility, vivacity
- Antonyms: ansiedade, insegurança
- Eu jamais conseguiria falar em público com tamanha desenvoltura.
- I would never be capable of speaking in public with such ease.
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin desinvoltura.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desembolˈtuɾa/ [d̪e.sẽm.bol̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -uɾa
- Syllabification: de‧sen‧vol‧tu‧ra
Noun
desenvoltura f (plural desenvolturas)
- fluency, ease
- Synonym: desparpajo
- 2015 July 17, “Querido Gabilondo”, in El País[1]:
- A ver, te preguntas, ¿cuántas veces has llegado tú a un sitio con esa intensidad corporal, que parece el reflejo de una desenvoltura interior extraordinaria?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
See also
Further reading
- “desenvoltura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024