tonto

From Spanish tonto (“stupid”), from Latin attonitus.

tonto (comparative more tonto, superlative most tonto)

1. (slang) crazy, mad
   • 2011, Gil McNeil, Stand by Your Man, Bloomsbury Publishing →ISBN

     Yes, and then I got drunk one night and snogged one of his friends, and he went tonto.

   • 2012, Ken McNab, The Beatles in Scotland, Birlinn →ISBN

     And when McCartney heard White Trash's version, he went tonto.

   • 2014, Ben Elton, Time and Time Again, Random House →ISBN

     AMERICA! The richest prize on the bloody planet. Gone, for want of a few paltry seats on the cross benches. George the bloody Third wasn't just mad, he was completely tonto!

tonto (uncountable)

1. a traditional Ugandan fermented beverage made from bananas

From Latin attonitus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈton.to/
• Rhymes: -onto

tonto (feminine singular tonta, masculine plural tonti, feminine plural tonte)

1. stupid, silly, dumb, foolish

tonto m (plural tonti, feminine tonta)

1. a fool, a stupid person
2. goof

From Latin attonitus.

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtõ.tu/
• Hyphenation: ton‧to

tonto m (feminine singular tonta, masculine plural tontos, feminine plural tontas, comparable)

1. dizzy
2. stupid

   Synonyms: anormal, bobo, estúpido, idiota, pateta

3. silly, foolish

   Synonyms: bobo, pateta, tolo

• (stupid): See here

tonto m (plural tontos, feminine tonta, feminine plural tontas)

1. a fool, a stupid person

• (fool): See here

From Latin attonitus (“struck by lightning, stupefied, dazed”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtonto/, [ˈt̪õn̪t̪o]

tonto (feminine singular tonta, masculine plural tontos, feminine plural tontas) (superlative tontísimo)

1. stupid

   Synonyms: bobo, estúpido, idiota, retrasado, subnormal, tarado

2. silly, foolish

   Synonym: bobo

• tontón (augmentative)

tonto m (plural tontos, feminine tonta, feminine plural tontas)

1. a fool, a stupid person