cândido

See also: candido, Candido, cándido, candidò, and Cándido

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin candidus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.d͡ʒi.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.d͡ʒi.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.d͡ʒi.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.di.du/ [ˈkɐ̃.di.ðu]

• Homophone: Cândido
• Hyphenation: cân‧di‧do

Adjective

cândido (feminine cândida, masculine plural cândidos, feminine plural cândidas)

1. candid, white
2. (figuratively) innocent, naive

Derived terms

• candidamente
• candidez
• candideza

 

Related terms

• candor
• candura

 

Further reading

• “cândido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024