hábil

See also: habil

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin habilis (“suitable, skillful”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.biw/ [ˈa.biʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bil/ [ˈa.βiɫ]

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 Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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
suitable, adequate
Synonyms: apropiado, indicado, adecuado

Antonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

“hábil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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