longínquo

See also: longinquo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin longinquus (“far; remote”), from longus (“far, long”), from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (“long”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lõˈʒĩ.kwu/

  • Hyphenation: lon‧gín‧quo

Adjective

longínquo (feminine longínqua, masculine plural longínquos, feminine plural longínquas)

  1. remote (at a distance)
    Synonyms: afastado, distante, longe, remoto
    Antonyms: perto, próximo, vizinho
    • 2022 September 27, Karla Monteiro, “Fascistas hibernam quando o líder desaparece”, in Folha de S.Paulo‎[1]:
      Naquele longínquo Sete de Setembro, logo que cheguei à praça da Liberdade, avistei bandeiras integralistas.
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