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Italian
Etymology
From Latin ingenuus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈd͡ʒɛ.nu.o/, /inˈd͡ʒɛ.nwo/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛnuo, -ɛnwo
- Hyphenation: in‧gè‧nu‧o, in‧gè‧nuo
Adjective
ingenuo (feminine ingenua, masculine plural ingenui, feminine plural ingenue)
- naive, ingenuous, candid
Noun
ingenuo m (plural ingenui, feminine ingenua)
- naif
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Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
ingenuō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ingenuus
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ingenuus (“frank”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈxenwo/
- Rhymes: -enwo
- Syllabification: in‧ge‧nuo
Adjective
ingenuo (feminine ingenua, masculine plural ingenuos, feminine plural ingenuas)
- naive, ingenuous, candid, innocent
Ella nunca lo sospechará porque es muy ingenua.- She will never suspect it because she's very naive.
- falsely naive, pretending to be naive
¡No seas ingenuo!- Don't be naive!
Derived terms
Noun
ingenuo m (plural ingenuos, feminine ingenua, feminine plural ingenuas)
- naif
¡Lo que pasa es que son un montón de ingenuos!- The thing is they’re a bunch of naive people.
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