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Italian
Etymology
From Latin īnsēnsātus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.senˈsa.to/
- Rhymes: -ato
- Hyphenation: in‧sen‧sà‧to
Adjective
insensato (feminine insensata, masculine plural insensati, feminine plural insensate)
- senseless, crazy, foolish, insensate, handwavy
- Synonyms: folle, senso, senza
- Antonym: sensato
Derived terms
Noun
insensato m (plural insensati, feminine insensata)
- senseless person, fool
Further reading
- insensato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
īnsēnsātō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īnsēnsātus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnsēnsātus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -atu
- Hyphenation: in‧sen‧sa‧to
Adjective
insensato (feminine insensata, masculine plural insensatos, feminine plural insensatas)
- (of a person or act) senseless; unwise; insensate
- Synonyms: irrefletido, imprudente
- Antonym: sensato
Derived terms
Noun
insensato m (plural insensatos, feminine insensata, feminine plural insensatas)
- an unwise person
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnsēnsātus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /insenˈsato/
- Rhymes: -ato
- Syllabification: in‧sen‧sa‧to
Adjective
insensato (feminine insensata, masculine plural insensatos, feminine plural insensatas)
- senseless, insensate
- Antonym: sensato
- crazy, foolish
- Synonyms: tonto, loco
Derived terms
Further reading