English-Portuguese translations for penetrating

• penetrante
  Obrigado pelo seu extenso e penetrante discurso. Thank you for your extensive and penetrating speech.
  Trata-se do diclorometano (DCM) que é um composto químico incolor com um odor doce, agradável e penetrante, semelhante ao do éter. It deals with dichloromethane (DCM), which is a colourless chemical compound with a sweet, pleasant and penetrating smell, similar to ether.
  - Senhor Presidente, este é um relatório notável: de âmbito vasto e penetrante e positivo em tantas das suas observações. Mr President, this is a remarkable report: broad in its sweep and penetrating and positive in so many of its observations.

Definition of penetrating

• able to pierce or penetrate
• demonstrating acute or keen understanding

Examples

• The skunk produces a penetrating odor.
• His novel shows a penetrating insight into the criminal mind.

Related words

• penetration
• interpenetration
• penetrative
• interpenetrative
• penetration test
• penetrating oil
• penetrating knowledge
• double penetration