ensino
Galician
Etymology 1
Deverbal from ensinar (“to teach”).
Related terms
Further reading
- “ensino”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Deverbal from ensinar (“to teach”), from Old Galician-Portuguese ensinar, from Vulgar Latin īnsignō (“to engrave”), Latin signum (“mark”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
Noun
ensino m (usually uncountable, plural ensinos)
- teaching (the profession of teaching)
- Synonyms: instrução, educação, ensinamento, doutrina
- Antonym: esquecimento
Derived terms
- ensino fundamental (Brazil) / ensino básico (Portugal)
- ensino médio (Brazil) / ensino secundário (Portugal)
- ensino superior
Related terms
Further reading
- “ensino” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “ensino” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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