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Galician
Etymology
From Latin sincerus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /sinˈθɛɾo/
- IPA(key): (seseo) /sinˈsɛɾo/
- Rhymes: -ɛɾo
- Hyphenation: sin‧ce‧ro
Adjective
sincero (feminine sincera, masculine plural sinceros, feminine plural sinceras)
- meaning what one says or does; truthful; sincere
- Antonym: insincero
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sinˈt͡ʃɛ.ro/
- Rhymes: -ɛro
- Hyphenation: sin‧cè‧ro
Etymology 1
From Latin sincērus (“pure, genuine”).
Adjective
sincero (feminine sincera, masculine plural sinceri, feminine plural sincere)
- (obsolete) sound, genuine
- sincere, honest
Etymology 2
Verb
sincero
- first-person singular present indicative of sincerare
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From sincērus + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Verb
sincērō (present infinitive sincērāre, perfect active sincērāvī, supine sincērātum); first conjugation
- to clean, to purify
Conjugation
Etymology 2
Adjective
sincērō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sincērus
References
- “sincero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sincero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sincērus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sincero (feminine sincera, masculine plural sinceros, feminine plural sinceras, comparable, comparative mais sincero, superlative o mais sincero or sinceríssimo)
- sincere, truthful
- Antonym: insincero
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin sincerus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /sinˈθeɾo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sinˈseɾo/
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: sin‧ce‧ro
Adjective
sincero (feminine sincera, masculine plural sinceros, feminine plural sinceras)
- sincere
- Synonym: genuino
- honest
- Synonym: honesto
Verb
sincero
- first-person singular present indicative of sincerar
Further reading