paulatino

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin paulātīnus, from paulum (a little).

Adjective

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

  1. gradual

Derived terms

Further reading

  • paulatino” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin paulātīnus, from paulum (a little).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paulaˈtino/ [pau̯.laˈt̪i.no]
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  • 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

Further reading

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