intelecto

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin intellēctus, from Latin intellegō.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.teˈlɛ.ki.tu/, /ĩ.teˈlɛk.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.teˈlɛk.to/, /ĩ.teˈlɛ.ki.to/

  • Hyphenation: in‧te‧lec‧to

Noun

intelecto m (plural intelectos)

  1. brain (intellect)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus, from Latin intellegō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inteˈleɡto/
  • Rhymes: -eɡto
  • Syllabification: in‧te‧lec‧to

Noun

intelecto m (plural intelectos)

  1. (uncountable) intellect (faculty of knowing, reasoning, and understanding in general)
  2. (countable) intellect (of a person in particular)

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