analfabeto

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /analfaˈbeto/
  • Hyphenation: a‧nal‧fa‧be‧to
  • Rhymes: -eto

Noun

analfabeto (accusative singular analfabeton, plural analfabetoj, accusative plural analfabetojn)

  1. illiterate person

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, not) + ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos, alphabet).

Adjective

analfabeto m (feminine singular analfabeta, masculine plural analfabetos, feminine plural analfabetas, comparable)

  1. not or little instructed in letters; no or little able to read; illiterate; unlettered.
  2. ignorant; referring to a person lacking knowledge in general or in a specific subject

Inflection

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, not) + ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos, alphabet).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /analfaˈbeto/, [analfaˈβet̪o]

Adjective

analfabeto (feminine singular analfabeta, masculine plural analfabetos, feminine plural analfabetas)

  1. unlettered, illiterate
    Antonym: alfabeto

Noun

analfabeto m (plural analfabetos, feminine analfabeta, feminine plural analfabetas)

  1. 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.

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