ensino

Galician

Etymology 1

Deverbal from ensinar (“to teach”).

Noun

ensino m (uncountable)

1. teaching (the profession of teaching)

   Synonym: ensinanza

Related terms

• ensinar

Further reading

• “ensino”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Etymology 2

Verb

ensino

1. first-person singular present indicative of ensinar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈsi.nu/

• Rhymes: -inu
• Hyphenation: en‧si‧no

Etymology 1

Deverbal from ensinar (“to teach”), from Old Galician-Portuguese ensinar, from Vulgar Latin īnsignō (“to engrave”), Latin signum (“mark”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Noun

ensino m (usually uncountable, plural ensinos)

1. teaching (the profession of teaching)

   Synonyms: instrução, educação, ensinamento, doutrina

   Antonym: esquecimento

Derived terms

• ensino fundamental (Brazil) / ensino básico (Portugal)
• ensino médio (Brazil) / ensino secundário (Portugal)
• ensino superior

Related terms

• ensinado
• ensinamento
• ensinança
• ensinar

Etymology 2

Verb

ensino

1. first-person singular present indicative of ensinar; "I teach"

Further reading

• “ensino” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ensino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024