sutil

Concepts

subtle

fine

shrewd

keen

subtile

acute

thin wine

light

lively

low-key

lurid

nice

observant

pernicious

poignant

prudent

sharp

streetwise

tenuous

thin

waspish

witty

pawky

subtil

acrid

astucious

acrimonious

cute

delicate

elusive

hard-nosed

insidious

Synonyms

vino pobre

fino

afilado

agudo

astuto

avispado

chistoso

ingenioso

ocurrente

perspicaz

refinado

bellaco

acerbo

astuta

acre

Hyphenated as

su‧til

Pronounced as (IPA)

/suˈtil/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sotil (“thin; subtle”), inherited from Latin subtīlis.
Although the Old Spanish term was inherited, and was often used concretely ("thin, fine"), since the early modern period it has been increasingly relegated to abstract uses. The vowel change o > u may be due either to the following i, or due to the influence of the Latin etymon.