adulto

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Noun

adulto (accusative singular adulton, plural adultoj, accusative plural adultojn)

  1. adultery (cheating on a spouse)

Galician

Pronunciation

Adjective

adulto (feminine adulta, masculine plural adultos, feminine plural adultas)

  1. adult

Noun

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)

  1. adult
    Espectáculo para adultos
    Entertainment for adults

Further reading

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto adoltoEnglish adultFrench adulteItalian adultoSpanish adulto, all from Latin adultus (grown up), perfect passive participle of adolescō (I grow up).

Pronunciation

Noun

adulto (plural adulti)

  1. adult
    • 1913, La Progreso, volume 5, page 712:
      Granda esas la difero inter infanto ed adulto.
      Great is the difference between a child and an adult.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adultus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈdul.to/
  • Rhymes: -ulto
  • Hyphenation: a‧dùl‧to

Adjective

adulto (feminine adulta, masculine plural adulti, feminine plural adulte)

  1. adult, grown-up

Noun

adulto m (plural adulti, feminine adulta)

  1. adult

References

  • adulto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

adultō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of adultus

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin adultus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)

  1. adult

Noun

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)

  1. adult

References

“adulto” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin adultus.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

adulto (feminine adulta, masculine plural adultos, feminine plural adultas)

  1. adult, grown-up

Noun

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)

  1. adult

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adultus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

adulto (feminine adulta, masculine plural adultos, feminine plural adultas)

  1. adult

Noun

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)

  1. adult

Derived terms

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adulto (adult), from Latin adultus.

Pronunciation

Noun

adulto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)

  1. adult
    Synonym: maygulang
    • 1988, “Pagmamasid sa Daigdig”, in Gumising!, archived from the original on 12 September 2020:
      Noong nakaraang Setyembre ang kauna-unahang pagkakataon na inilipat ng mga doktor ang himaymay ng ipinagbubuntis na sanggol sa mga utak ng dalawang adulto na mayroong Parkinson’s disease.
      Last September was the first time doctors transplanted fetal tissue into the brains of two adults suffering from Parkinson’s disease.

Derived terms

See also

Adjective

adulto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)

  1. adult
    Synonym: maygulang

Further reading

  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 13