devoto

See also: Devoto

English

Etymology

From Italian devoto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈvəʊtəʊ/

Noun

devoto (plural devotos or devotoes)

1. A devotee.
   • 1697-1698, John Scott, Practical Discourses upon Several Subjects

     And this hath been commonly experimented by the Devoto's of all Religions; for even among the devouter Tarks and Heathens we may find as notorious Instances of those Incomes and Enlargements

References

“devoto”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Alternative forms

• divoto (rare)

Etymology

From Latin dēvōtus (“vowed, promised, dedicated”), from dēvoveō (“to vow, offer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈvɔ.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔto
• Hyphenation: de‧vò‧to

Adjective

devoto (feminine devota, masculine plural devoti, feminine plural devote, superlative devotissimo)

1. devout, pious
2. devoted

Noun

devoto m (plural devoti, feminine devota)

1. a devout or faithful person

Further reading

• devoto in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• devoto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• devoto in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• devoto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• devoto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• devoto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈu̯oː.toː/, [d̪eːˈu̯oːt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈvo.to/, [d̪eˈvɔːt̪o]

Participle

dēvōtō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dēvōtus

References

• “devoto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• devoto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈvɔ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈvɔ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈvɔ.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈvɔ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈvɔ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈbɔ.tu/ [dɨˈβɔ.tu]

• Hyphenation: de‧vo‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin dēvōtus (“promised; vowed”).

Adjective

devoto (feminine devota, masculine plural devotos, feminine plural devotas)

1. (religion) devout; pious (devoted to religious feelings and duties)

   Synonym: pio

Derived terms

• devotamente

Noun

devoto m (plural devotos, feminine devota, feminine plural devotas)

1. devotee (ardent enthusiast or admirer)

   Synonyms: entusiasta, discípulo

2. (religion) devotee (zealous follower of a religion)

Related terms

• devoção
• devotar
• voto

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

devoto

1. first-person singular present indicative of devotar

Further reading

• “devoto” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “devoto” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “devoto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “devoto” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “devoto” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “devoto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēvōtus (“vowed, promised, dedicated”), from dēvoveō (“to vow, offer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈboto/ [d̪eˈβ̞o.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: de‧vo‧to

Adjective

devoto (feminine devota, masculine plural devotos, feminine plural devotas)

1. devoted, devout
2. pious

   Synonyms: pío, piadoso

Noun

devoto m (plural devotos, feminine devota, feminine plural devotas)

1. devotee
2. admirer

   Synonym: admirador

Related terms

• devoción

 

Further reading

• “devoto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014