ingénuo

See also: ingenuo and ingênuo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ingênuo (Brazil)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ingenuus.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈʒɛ.nwu/, /ĩˈʒɛ.nu.u/

• Hyphenation: in‧gé‧nu‧o

Adjective

ingénuo (feminine ingénua, masculine plural ingénuos, feminine plural ingénuas) (European spelling)

1. naive
2. ingenuous

Derived terms

• ingenuamente

 

Further reading

• “ingénuo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.