ingenuo

See also: ingénuo and ingênuo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ingenuus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈd͡ʒɛ.nu.o/, /inˈd͡ʒɛ.nwo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛnuo, -ɛnwo
  • Hyphenation: in‧gè‧nu‧o, in‧gè‧nuo

Adjective

ingenuo (feminine ingenua, masculine plural ingenui, feminine plural ingenue)

  1. naive, ingenuous, candid

Noun

ingenuo m (plural ingenui, feminine ingenua)

  1. naif

References

  1. ingenuo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

ingenuō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ingenuus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ingenuus (frank).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈxenwo/ [ĩŋˈxe.nwo]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -enwo
  • Syllabification: in‧ge‧nuo

Adjective

ingenuo (feminine ingenua, masculine plural ingenuos, feminine plural ingenuas)

  1. naive, ingenuous, candid, innocent
    Ella nunca lo sospechará porque es muy ingenua.
    She will never suspect it because she's very naive.
  2. falsely naive, pretending to be naive
    ¡No seas ingenuo!
    Don't be naive!

Derived terms

Noun

ingenuo m (plural ingenuos, feminine ingenua, feminine plural ingenuas)

  1. naif
    ¡Lo que pasa es que son un montón de ingenuos!
    The thing is they’re a bunch of naive people.

Further reading

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