paulatino

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish paulatino.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /paw.laˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/ [paʊ̯.laˈt͡ʃĩ.nu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /paw.laˈt͡ʃi.no/ [paʊ̯.laˈt͡ʃi.no]

  • Hyphenation: pau‧la‧ti‧no

Adjective

paulatino (feminine paulatina, masculine plural paulatinos, feminine plural paulatinas)

  1. gradual

Derived terms

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paulātim (“gradually”), probably at first pronounced */paulaˈtin/ and from there turned into an adjective per the suffix -ino. Attested from at least 1817.[1]

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • IPA(key): /paulaˈtino/ [pau̯.laˈt̪i.no]
  • (Rioplatense)
    Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: pau‧la‧ti‧no

Adjective

paulatino (feminine paulatina, masculine plural paulatinos, feminine plural paulatinas)

  1. gradual
    • 2021 February 13, Guillermo Altares, “Neandertales, los humanos solitarios”, in El País‎:
      El paulatino acercamiento entre los Homo sapiens, los humanos actuales, y los neandertales, desde el punto de vista intelectual, pero también genético, ha sido uno de los procesos científicos más desafiantes de las últimas décadas.
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Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Portuguese: paulatino

References
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “poco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 585

Further reading
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