profundo

From profunda +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /proˈfundo/
• Rhymes: -undo
• Syllabification: pro‧fun‧do

profundo (accusative singular profundon, plural profundoj, accusative plural profundojn)

1. depth

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfundo/ [pɾoˈfun̪.d̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -undo
• Hyphenation: pro‧fun‧do

profundo (feminine profunda, masculine plural profundos, feminine plural profundas)

1. deep

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [prɔˈfʊn.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [proˈfun.do]

From pro- (“forth”) + fundō (“pour”).

profundō (present infinitive profundere, perfect active profūdī, supine profūsum); third conjugation

1. to pour forth, to lavish
2. to prostrate
3. to squander

profundō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of profundus

• Italian: profondere
• Sicilian: prufùnniri

• “profundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “profundo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “profundo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to burst into a flood of tears: lacrimas, vim lacrimarum effundere, profundere
    
  • to shed one's blood for one's fatherland: sanguinem suum pro patria effundere or profundere
    
  • to sacrifice oneself for one's country: vitam profundere pro patria
    
  • to squander one's money, one's patrimony: effundere, profundere pecuniam, patrimonium
    

From Old Galician-Portuguese profundo, profũdo, from Latin profundus.

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• Rhymes: -ũdu
• Hyphenation: pro‧fun‧do

profundo (feminine profunda, masculine plural profundos, feminine plural profundas)

1. deep
   • 1943, André Luiz, Francisco Cândido Xavier, Nosso Lar:

     Zélia estava radiante. Encheu-se a casa de alegria nova. Por minha vez, experimentava grande júbilo na alma. Profundo alento e belas esperanças revigoravam-me o ser.

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2. profound

• profundez, profundeza
• profundidade
• profundura
• aprofundar
• fundo

• “profundo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “profundo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin profundus. Cf. hondo.

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈfundo/ [pɾoˈfũn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -undo
• Syllabification: pro‧fun‧do

profundo (feminine profunda, masculine plural profundos, feminine plural profundas, superlative profundísimo)

1. deep (having a bottom far from the surface or mouth)

   Antonym: playo (Argentina)

2. profound (displaying great insight)

   Synonym: hondo

profundo

1. first-person singular present indicative of profundar

• “profundo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025