From Latin rigidus (“rigid”), from rigeō (“to be stiff”).

• Hyphenation: rí‧gi‧do

rígido (feminine rígida, masculine plural rígidos, feminine plural rígidas)

1. rigid; stiff

   Synonyms: duro, hirto, inflexível, rijo, sólido, tenso, teso

   Antonyms: dúctil, flexível, maleável, mole

2. rigorous; strict

   Synonyms: austero, intolerante, intransigente, rigoroso, severo

   Antonyms: transigente, acomodatício, condescendente, complacente, dúctil

• rigidamente
• rigidez

• rigor

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

From Latin rigidus (“rigid”), from rigeō (“to be stiff”). Probably a doublet of recio.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrixido/ [ˈri.xi.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ixido
• Syllabification: rí‧gi‧do

rígido (feminine rígida, masculine plural rígidos, feminine plural rígidas)

1. rigid, stiff

   Synonyms: tieso, inflexible

2. rigorous, strict, hidebound

   Synonyms: riguroso, estricto, severo

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