sharp

Significado (Inglés)

1. Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
2. (colloquial) Intelligent.
3. Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
4. Higher in pitch than required.
5. Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
6. Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
7. (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
8. (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
9. Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
10. Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
11. (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
12. Observant; alert; acute.
13. Quick and alert.
14. Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
15. Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
16. Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
17. Said of as extreme a value as possible.
18. Tactical; risky.
19. Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
20. Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
21. (obsolete) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
22. Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
23. Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
24. (obsolete) Hungry.

afilado

agudo

muy vivo

delgado o fino

que tiene arista aguda

hace un momento

poignant

witty

trenchant

keen-edged

sharp-edged

bright-colored

be clear

sharp-worded

be pointed

very sharp

sharp point

sharp-toned

sprited

subtile

be sharp

clever person

give pain

keen on

pawky

shammer

sharp-sighted

shrewd person

sticking out

wander about

intelligent person

stone knife

ready-witted

well-marked

be astute

be sagacious

ball-breaker

ball-buster

inflicting wounds

very intelligent

downward-sloping

sharpy

explicit specific

right on the money

arrow-headed

Frecuencia

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ʃɑːp/

From Middle English scharp, from Old English sċearp, from Proto-West Germanic *skarp, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb-, from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with West Frisian skerp, Low German scharp, Dutch scherp, German scharf, Danish skarp. Compare Irish cearb (“keen; cutting”), Latin acerbus (“tart, bitter”), Tocharian B kärpye (“rough”), Latvian skârbs (“sharp, rough”), Russian щерба (ščerba, “notch”), Polish szczerba (“gap, dent, jag, chip, nick, notch”), Albanian harb (“rudeness”). More at shear.