contumaz
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin contumāx (“stubborn, obstinate”). Cognate with Spanish contumaz, Italian contumace, English contumacious.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: con‧tu‧maz
Adjective[edit]
contumaz m or f (plural contumazes)
- obstinate, stubborn, insistent
- (law) in contempt of court, contumacious
- developing the habit of usually doing something
Noun[edit]
contumaz m or f by sense (plural contumazes)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin contumācem (“stubborn, obstinate”). Cognate with Portuguese contumaz, Italian contumace, English contumacious.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kontuˈmaθ/ [kõn̪.t̪uˈmaθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kontuˈmas/ [kõn̪.t̪uˈmas]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: con‧tu‧maz
Adjective[edit]
contumaz m or f (masculine and feminine plural contumaces)
- obstinate, stubborn
- 2015 October 30, ““No he sido absolutamente inocente nunca, ni siquiera de niña””, in El País[1]:
- Melómana en constante reciclaje y colaboradora contumaz, desde Sonic Youth a Vetusta Morla o Nacho Vegas, a Christina la han comparado con Yoko Ono por alguno de los espasmódicos grititos que salpican Lo Nuestro, pero ella seguramente se sienta más próxima a Cristina Lliso, la que fuera vocalista de Esclarecidos.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (medicine) diseased
- (law) in contempt of court
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “contumaz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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