intelecto

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin intellēctus, from Latin intellegō.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teˈlɛ.ki.tu/, /ĩ.teˈlɛk.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teˈlɛk.to/, /ĩ.teˈlɛ.ki.to/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨˈlɛ.ktu/

Hyphenation: in‧te‧lec‧to

Noun

intelecto m (plural intelectos)

brain (intellect)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus, from Latin intellegō.

Noun

intelecto m (plural intelectos)

intellect; faculty of knowing, reasoning, and understanding in general (uncountable)
intellect; of a person in particular (countable)

Further reading

“intelecto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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