hábil
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin habilis (“suitable, skillful”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: (Portugal) -abil, (Brazil) -abiw
Hyphenation: há‧bil
=== Adjective ===
hábil m or f (plural hábeis)
skilled
deft, skillful
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“hábil”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“hábil”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin habilis (“suitable, skillful”). Cognate with English able.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈabil/ [ˈa.β̞il]
Rhymes: -abil
Syllabification: há‧bil
=== Adjective ===
hábil m or f (masculine and feminine plural hábiles, superlative habilísimo)
able, capable
Synonym: capaz
deft, skillful
Synonyms: diestro, mañoso, ducho
suitable, adequate
Synonyms: apropiado, indicado, adecuado
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=== Further reading ===
“hábil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025