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agudo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • acute adj Sudden and severe, especially describing an illness or pain.
  • keen adj Eager and enthusiastic about something.
  • poignant adj Deeply moving, often with a touch of sadness.
  • sharp adj Having a fine edge or point that can cut or pierce easily.
  • tartness noun The characteristic of being tart; sharpness of taste.

Senses

agudo is used for these senses in English:

  • acute Intense; sensitive; sharp.
  • acute Urgent.
  • high-pitched Of a sound, having a high pitch.
  • keen Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
  • oxytone (linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.
  • oxytonic (prosody) Having a stress on the last syllable.
  • poignant Neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant.
  • poignant Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving.

acute — full definition

  1. adj Sudden and severe, especially describing an illness or pain.
  2. adj Very sharp, intense, or perceptive.
  3. adj Geometry: describing an angle that measures less than 90 degrees.

keen — full definition

  1. adj Eager and enthusiastic about something.
  2. adj Sharp, whether literally (an edge or point) or mentally (a sharp mind or sharp senses).
  3. adj Of cold, wind, or pain: cutting and intense.
  4. verb To wail or cry out in mourning for the dead.

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