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Pronunciation / Transliteration: impassivel
"Ele permaneceu impassível diante das provocações."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Not feeling or showing emotion.
"He remained impassive throughout the long trial, revealing no hint of his thoughts."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Late Latin impassivus, from Latin in- ('not') + passivus ('suffering, passive'), meaning incapable of suffering or feeling pain, later shifting to mean showing no emotion.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Impassive" is said worldwide
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impassible
Transliteration: impassible
"Il est resté impassible malgré les critiques."
teilnahmslos
Transliteration: teilnahmslos
"Sie hörte sich die Nachricht mit teilnahmslosem Gesichtsausdruck an."
impassibile
Transliteration: impassibile
"Il giudice è rimasto impassibile durante la testimonianza."
impasible
Transliteration: impasible
"Su rostro impasible no revelaba lo que sentía."
impassível
Transliteration: impassivel
"Ele permaneceu impassível diante das provocações."
भावहीन
Transliteration: bhavheen
"उसका चेहरा पूरी तरह से भावहीन था।"
面无表情的
Transliteration: miàn wú biǎo qíng de
"面对指责，他面无表情。"
무표정한
Transliteration: mupyojeonghan
"그는 무표정한 얼굴로 뉴스를 들었다."
無表情な
Transliteration: muhyōjō na
"彼は無表情なままで質問に答えた。"
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