argentino

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See also: Argentino

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ar.d͡ʒenˈti.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: ar‧gen‧tì‧no

Adjective

argentino (feminine argentina, masculine plural argentini, feminine plural argentine)

  1. Argentinian, Argentine

Noun

argentino m (plural argentini, feminine argentina)

  1. Argentine, Argentinian

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arˈd͡ʒɛn.ti.no/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntino
  • Hyphenation: ar‧gèn‧ti‧no

Verb

argentino

  1. inflection of argentare:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

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Latin

Adjective

argentīnō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of argentīnus

Portuguese

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm
    Proto-Italic *argentom
    Latin argentum
    Proto-Indo-European *-nós
    Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
    Proto-Italic *-īnos
    Latin -īnus
    Portuguese argentino

    Learned borrowing from Latin argentīnus, with a later semantic loan from Spanish argentino in the senses related to the country.

    Pronunciation

     

    Adjective

    argentino (feminine argentina, masculine plural argentinos, feminine plural argentinas)

    1. Argentinian, Argentine (pertaining to Argentina)
    2. (poetic) silver; silvery (having a colour like silver)
      Synonyms: prata, prateado, argênteo
    3. having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

    Descendants

    • Hunsrik: ⇒ arschentinisch, → arschentin

    Noun

    argentino m (plural argentinos, feminine argentina, feminine plural argentinas)

    1. Argentinian (person from Argentina)

    Descendants

    References

    • José Pedro Machado (1995) “argentino”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 301, column 2

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    Spanish

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Latin argentīnus, from argentum (“silver”).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /aɾxenˈtino/
      • Audio (Colombia):(file)
      • Rhymes: -ino
      • Syllabification: ar‧gen‧ti‧no

      Adjective

      argentino (feminine argentina, masculine plural argentinos, feminine plural argentinas)

      1. Argentinian, Argentine
      2. (poetic) silver, silvery
        Synonyms: argénteo, plateado

      Derived terms

      Noun

      argentino m (plural argentinos, feminine argentina, feminine plural argentinas)

      1. Argentinian (person)

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