cándido
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin candĭdus; compare English candid.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcándido (feminine cándida, masculine plural cándidos, feminine plural cándidas)
- straightforward
- naive
- Synonym: ingenuo
Usage notes
edit- Cándido is a false friend, and does not mean “candid” in the sense of "honestly frank". The word for “candid” in Spanish would be franco or sincero.
Further reading
edit- “cándido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014