perspicaz

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin perspicax. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: pers‧pi‧caz === Adjective === perspicaz m or f (plural perspicazes) perspicacious (showing keen insight) ==== Related terms ==== perspicácia === Further reading === “perspicaz”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “perspicaz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin perspicācem (“sharp-sighted”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /peɾspiˈkaθ/ [peɾs.piˈkaθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /peɾspiˈkas/ [peɾs.piˈkas] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -as (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: pers‧pi‧caz === Adjective === perspicaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural perspicaces) perceptive, perspicacious, insightful, shrewd (of vision) acute ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “perspicaz”, 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