desenvoltura
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Latin desinvoltūra. By surface analysis, des- + envoltura.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: de‧sen‧vol‧tu‧ra
Noun
editdesenvoltura f (plural desenvolturas)
- fluency, ease, agility, vivacity
- Antonyms: ansiedade, insegurança
- Eu jamais conseguiria falar em público com tamanha desenvoltura.
- I would never be capable of speaking in public with such ease.
Related terms
editSpanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin desinvoltura.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdesenvoltura f (plural desenvolturas)
- fluency, ease
- Synonym: desparpajo
- 2015 July 17, “Querido Gabilondo”, in El País[1]:
- A ver, te preguntas, ¿cuántas veces has llegado tú a un sitio con esa intensidad corporal, que parece el reflejo de una desenvoltura interior extraordinaria?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “desenvoltura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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