inxenuo

Galician

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin ingenuus. Cognate with Portuguese ingênuo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /inˈʃenwo/ [inʲˈʃe.nwʊ]
Rhymes: -enwo

Adjective

inxenuo (feminine inxenua, masculine plural inxenuos, feminine plural inxenuas)

naive (that has excessive confidence in others and its good intentions)

Noun

inxenuo m (plural inxenuos, feminine inxenua, feminine plural inxenuas)

a naive person

Derived terms

inxenuamente

Related terms

inxenuidade

Further reading

“inxenuo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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