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Italian
Etymology
From Latin incautus (“incautious, heedless”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈkaw.to/
- Rhymes: -awto
- Hyphenation: in‧càu‧to
Adjective
incauto (feminine incauta, masculine plural incauti, feminine plural incaute)
- rash, imprudent
Derived terms
Further reading
- incauto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
incautō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of incautus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incautus (“incautious, heedless”). By surface analysis, in- + cauto.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -awtu
- Hyphenation: in‧cau‧to
Adjective
incauto (feminine incauta, masculine plural incautos, feminine plural incautas)
- dupe, gullible, unwary, naive
- careless
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology 1
From Latin incautus (“incautious, heedless”).
Adjective
incauto (feminine incauta, masculine plural incautos, feminine plural incautas)
- dupe, gullible, unwary, naive
- careless
Noun
incauto m (plural incautos, feminine incauta, feminine plural incautas)
- gullible or unwary person
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
incauto
- only used in me incauto, first-person singular present indicative of incautarse
Further reading