analfabeto
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
- IPA(key): [analfaˈbeto]
- Rhymes: -eto
- Hyphenation: a‧nal‧fa‧be‧to
Noun
analfabeto (accusative singular analfabeton, plural analfabetoj, accusative plural analfabetojn)
- illiterate person
Related terms
Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos, “alphabet”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.naw.faˈbɛ.tu/ [a.naʊ̯.faˈbɛ.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.naw.faˈbɛ.to/ [a.naʊ̯.faˈbɛ.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.nal.fɐˈbɛ.tu/ [ɐ.naɫ.fɐˈβɛ.tu]
- Hyphenation: a‧nal‧fa‧be‧to
Adjective
analfabeto (feminine analfabeta, masculine plural analfabetos, feminine plural analfabetas, comparable, comparative mais analfabeto, superlative o mais analfabeto or analfabetíssimo)
- not or little instructed in letters; no or little able to read; illiterate; unlettered
- (figuratively) ignorant; referring to a person lacking knowledge in general or in a specific subject
- (figuratively, derogatory) someone who writes poorly, committing too many grammatical or spelling mistakes, etc.
Noun
analfabeto m (plural analfabetos, feminine analfabeta, feminine plural analfabetas)
- an illiterate person
See also
Further reading
- analfabeto, in Dicionário Priberam
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos, “alphabet”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛtu
- IPA(key): /analfaˈbeto/ [a.nal.faˈβ̞e.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: a‧nal‧fa‧be‧to
Adjective
analfabeto (feminine analfabeta, masculine plural analfabetos, feminine plural analfabetas)
- unlettered, illiterate
- Antonym: alfabeto
Noun
analfabeto m (plural analfabetos, feminine analfabeta, feminine plural analfabetas)
- illiterate person
- Antonym: alfabeto
Usage notes
- In analogy to adjectives as e.g. idiota masculine forms analfabeta/analfabetas are sometimes used, however RAE considers this usage as wrong.
Derived terms
- alfabeto (“literate”)
- analfabetismo
Further reading
- “analfabeto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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