escéptico
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin scepticus, from Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (skeptikós, “thoughtful, inquiring”), from σκέπτομαι (sképtomai, “to consider”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈθebtiko/ [esˈθeβ̞.t̪i.ko] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /eˈsebtiko/ [eˈseβ̞.t̪i.ko] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ebtiko
- Syllabification: es‧cép‧ti‧co
Adjective
escéptico (feminine escéptica, masculine plural escépticos, feminine plural escépticas)
Derived terms
Noun
escéptico m (plural escépticos, feminine escéptica, feminine plural escépticas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “escéptico”, 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