indefinido
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- indefinito (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin indēfīnītus (“indefinite”). By surface analysis, in- + definido.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.de.fiˈni.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.de.fiˈni.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.dɨ.fiˈni.du/ [ĩ.dɨ.fiˈni.ðu]
- Hyphenation: in‧de‧fi‧ni‧do
Adjective
indefinido (feminine indefinida, masculine plural indefinidos, feminine plural indefinidas)
- indefinite (without limits)
- Synonyms: ilimitado, irrestrito, livre
- Antonyms: delimitado, limitado, restrito
- undefined (lacking a definition)
- Antonym: definido
- (mathematics) undefined (that does not have a meaning)
- indefinite; undecided; uncertain
- (grammar, or a pronoun or article) indefinite (which specifies an undetermined object)
- Antonym: definido
Derived terms
Noun
indefinido m (plural indefinidos)
- that which is undefined
- (grammar) an indefinite pronoun or article
Participle
indefinido (feminine indefinida, masculine plural indefinidos, feminine plural indefinidas)
- past participle of indefinir
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /indefiˈnido/ [ĩn̪.d̪e.fiˈni.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: in‧de‧fi‧ni‧do
Adjective
indefinido (feminine indefinida, masculine plural indefinidos, feminine plural indefinidas)
- indefinite (without limits)
- undefined (lacking a definition)
- Antonym: definido
- (mathematics) undefined (that does not have a meaning)
- undecided, uncertain
- (grammar, or a pronoun or article) indefinite (which specifies an undetermined object)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “indefinido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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