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Portuguese
Adjective
mentecato (feminine mentecata, masculine plural mentecatos, feminine plural mentecatas)
- Dated form of mentecapto.
Noun
mentecato m (plural mentecatos, feminine mentecata, feminine plural mentecatas)
- Dated form of mentecapto.
Spanish
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin mente captus (literally “taken in the mind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /menteˈkato/
- Rhymes: -ato
- Syllabification: men‧te‧ca‧to
Adjective
mentecato (feminine mentecata, masculine plural mentecatos, feminine plural mentecatas)
- crazy, insane, mad
- half-witted, foolish
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