rígido

/ˈrixido/ · B2 · adj

rigid, stiff

🪵 rígido = rigid: same Latin root rigidus, from rigere, to be stiff

Spanish rígido comes straight from Latin rigidus, from rigere, meaning to be stiff. English rigid, rigor and rigorous share that root. Match the Spanish word to the English twin: rígido = rigid, with the same sense of stiff and strict.

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