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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin īnstinctus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ĩtu
- Hyphenation: ins‧tin‧to
Noun
instinto m (plural instintos)
- instinct (a natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “instinto”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “instinto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “instinto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “instinto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “instinto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “instinto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin īnstinctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /insˈtinto/
- Rhymes: -into
- Syllabification: ins‧tin‧to
Noun
instinto m (plural instintos)
- instinct
- gut, gut feeling
- Tienes que confiar en tu instinto. ― You have to trust your gut.
Derived terms
Further reading