intelectual
/inteleɡˈtwal/ · B2 · adj
intellectual
🧠📚 Same word as English intellectual, from Latin intellectus = understanding
Latin intellegere = to understand, from inter (between) + legere (to choose, read). An intelectual picks between ideas. Spanish spells it with one L in the middle: in-te-lec-tual, and stresses the final syllable: -TUAL.