🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

hirsuto

Pronunciation / Transliteration: irsuto

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
hirsute/ˈhɜːr.suːt/
adjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #12500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele exibia uma barba hirsuta."

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1 sense
As adjective
  1. 1

    Hairy, shaggy, or having a lot of hair, especially on the face or body.

    "He was a large, hirsute man with a thick beard."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Latin 'hirsutus', meaning shaggy or bristly, related to 'hirtus' (rough, hairy).

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