Polyglot Dictionary

astúcia

/asˈtusjɐ/

a noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as astúcias

Meaning

  1. cunning

    • Escapou com astúcia.

      He escaped cunningly.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

manha

astúcia is more formal or literary; manha is more colloquial, and can also mean "knack" for doing something, or a child's tantrum — both mean "cunning."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

astucia

astucia is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "cunning."

Spanish

astuto

astuto is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "cunning."

Spanish

picardía

picardía is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "cunning."

Practice

1 What does astúcia mean?

2 Fill the gap: Escapou com ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches astúcia?

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