menso
Esperanto
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmenso (accusative singular menson, plural mensoj, accusative plural mensojn)
Derived terms
editLatin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmen.soː/, [ˈmẽːs̠oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmen.so/, [ˈmɛnso]
Participle
editmēnsō
Old Prussian
editNoun
editmenso
- meat
- Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary
- Vleysch Menso
- Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary
Spanish
editEtymology
editArguably taken from Latin mēnsa (“table”); it is thought that medieval monks used the names of inanimate objects in disparaging reference to illiterate or non‐discerning people, partially out of a desire to not use an explicitly pejorative insult as would be forbidden by their canons.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmenso (feminine mensa, masculine plural mensos, feminine plural mensas)
- (offensive, Mexico, Central America) foolish, dull
- (offensive, Mexico, Central America) distracted, absent-minded
- Synonyms: absorto, distraído
- Antonyms: aguzado, atento, concentrado
- (offensive, Mexico) ignorant
- Synonym: ignorante
- Antonyms: conocedor, inteligente, sabio
- (offensive, Mexico) inexpert
- (offensive, Mexico) timid, shy
- (offensive, Mexico) ingenuous, naive
- Synonyms: inexperto, ingenuo
- Antonyms: colmilludo, sagaz
Usage notes
edit- Although in some contexts zonzo, bobo, tonto, menso, culero, tarado, idiota, imbécil, estúpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts these adjectives each have a different degree of severity, with zonzo having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in this rough order, to estúpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive sense.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “menso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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