devoto

See also: Devoto

English

Etymology

From Italian devoto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪˈvəʊtəʊ/

Noun

devoto (plural devotos or devotoes)

  1. A devotee.
    • 1697-1698, John Scott, Practical Discourses upon Several Subjects
      And this hath been commonly experimented by the Devoto's of all Religions; for even among the devouter Tarks and Heathens we may find as notorious Instances of those Incomes and Enlargements

References

devoto”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin dēvōtus (vowed, promised, dedicated), from dēvoveō (to vow, offer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈvɔ.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɔto
  • Hyphenation: de‧vò‧to

Adjective

devoto (feminine devota, masculine plural devoti, feminine plural devote, superlative devotissimo)

  1. devout, pious
  2. devoted

Noun

devoto m (plural devoti, feminine devota)

  1. a devout or faithful person

Further reading

  • devoto in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • devoto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • devoto in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • devoto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • devoto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • devoto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Participle

dēvōtō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dēvōtus

References

  • devoto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • devoto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈvɔ.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /deˈvɔ.to/
 

  • Hyphenation: de‧vo‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin dēvōtus (promised; vowed).

Adjective

devoto (feminine devota, masculine plural devotos, feminine plural devotas)

  1. (religion) devout; pious (devoted to religious feelings and duties)
    Synonym: pio
Derived terms

Noun

devoto m (plural devotos, feminine devota, feminine plural devotas)

  1. devotee (ardent enthusiast or admirer)
    Synonyms: entusiasta, discípulo
  2. (religion) devotee (zealous follower of a religion)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

devoto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of devotar

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēvōtus (vowed, promised, dedicated), from dēvoveō (to vow, offer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈboto/ [d̪eˈβ̞o.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Syllabification: de‧vo‧to

Adjective

devoto (feminine devota, masculine plural devotos, feminine plural devotas)

  1. devoted, devout
  2. pious
    Synonyms: pío, piadoso

Noun

devoto m (plural devotos, feminine devota, feminine plural devotas)

  1. devotee
  2. admirer
    Synonym: admirador

Further reading

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