insípido

Learned borrowing from Latin īnsipidus (“tasteless”), from in- (“not”) + sapidus (“savory”).

• Hyphenation: in‧sí‧pi‧do

insípido (feminine insípida, masculine plural insípidos, feminine plural insípidas)

1. insipid; flavorless

   Synonym: insosso

   Antonyms: gostoso, saboroso, sápido

2. (figuratively) boring; dull

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:monótono

• (antonym(s) of “boring”): see Thesaurus:monótono

• insipidez

• “insípido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin īnsipidus (“tasteless”), from in- (“not”) + sapidus (“savory”). Cognate with Sicilian nzìpitu, English insipid.

• IPA^(key): /inˈsipido/ [ĩnˈsi.pi.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ipido
• Syllabification: in‧sí‧pi‧do

insípido (feminine insípida, masculine plural insípidos, feminine plural insípidas)

1. tasteless, flavorless

   Synonym: soso

2. (figurative) insipid, vapid, bland, dull, ho hum

   Synonyms: desabrido, soso

• “insípido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024