sutil
/suˈtil/ · B2 · adj
subtle
🌫️ sutil sounds like soot-eel: a slick, faint trace you barely notice
Sutil sounds like soot + eel: soot leaves a faint smudge and an eel slips by almost unnoticed. Both hint at something delicate and hard to detect, which is what subtle means. It comes from Latin subtilis, meaning finely woven.