Perspicaz in english
Perceptive
pronunciation: pɜrseptɪv part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: pɜrseptɪv part of speech: adjective
In gestures
perspicaz = percipient ; sharp-eyed ; perceptive ; observant ; clear-sighted ; penetrating ; razor-sharp ; keen-witted ; shrewd ; insightful ; sagacious ; savvy .
Example: Manoeuvres that have been used, as the the percipient observer well knows, include simplifications and routines to save time.Example: Sharp-eyed researchers noted that twenty-three per cent of the people who came did so in order to meet someone or to use the phone.Example: In their profound and perceptive essay on professionalism, Mary Lee Bundy and Paul Wasserman write at some length on this extraordinary phenomenon, 'the essential timidity of responsibility for solving informational problems and providing unequivocal answers'.Example: Every member of staff has a duty to be observant where safety is concerned.Example: Her diversified and highly committed authorship is characterized by disrespectful humour, clear-sighted solemnity and inconspicuous warmth.Example: In this connection, Ohmes and Jones of the Florida State University Library have offered some rather penetrating insights regarding what they call 'The Other Half of Cataloging'.Example: As mentioned in the first part, developing a razor-sharp memory is not going to occur overnight.Example: She is famous for her series featuring homicide detective Peter Decker and his keen-witted, beautiful wife.Example: Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.Example: I think it is important to recall a point which I recommend as being very insightful and very relevant to today's discussions.Example: These sagacious and monied few are able then to pocket their political harvest at the expense of the industrious and uninformed mass of the people.Example: The article 'Survival of the savvy: rethinking library public relations' suggests strategies for promoting the corporate libraries image within an organization.more:
» ser muy perspicaz = be sharp of mind ; be as sharp as a razor (blade) ; be as sharp as tack .
Example: He is sharp of mind and has all the tools to negotiate and achieve the best outcomes for his clients. Example: In fact, very soon the people will show that when they are driven to the edge, they are as sharp as a razor. Example: He's still as sharp as tack and puts me to shame when it comes to certain things in life so I'm not going to argue with him.