necio
See also: ñecio
Asturian edit
Adjective edit
necio
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish nesçio, from Latin nescius (“ignorant”), from ne- (“not”) + sciō (“to know”). Cognate with English nice.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈneθjo/ [ˈne.θjo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈnesjo/ [ˈne.sjo]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -eθjo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -esjo
- Syllabification: ne‧cio
Adjective edit
necio (feminine necia, masculine plural necios, feminine plural necias)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
necio m (plural necios)
Further reading edit
- “necio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014