intelecto

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin intellēctus, from Latin intellegō.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨˈlɛ.ktu/

• Hyphenation: in‧te‧lec‧to

Noun

intelecto m (plural intelectos)

1. brain (intellect)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus, from Latin intellegō.

Noun

intelecto m (plural intelectos)

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

Further reading

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