acute
1. (=intense) [crisis, shortage, problem] grave [anxiety, joy] profundo, intenso [pain] agudo [discomfort] fuerte
·the report has caused the government acute embarrassment
·el informe ha puesto en una situaciónoun de lo masculineánoun embarazosa al gobierno
·to [become] acute
[shortage, problem] agravarse
2. (=keen) [hearing] fino, agudo [sense of smell] fino
·to have acute powers of observation
·tener agudas or grandes dotes de observaciónoun
3. (=shrewd) [person, mind, comment] agudo, perspicaz
·that was very acute of you!
·¡qué perspicaz!, ¡eres un lince!
4. (medicine) [illness, case, appendicitis] agudo
5. (geometry) [angle] agudo
6. (linguistics) [accent] agudo
·e acute
·e con acento agudo