mentecato

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Portuguese[edit]

Adjective[edit]

mentecato (feminine mentecata, masculine plural mentecatos, feminine plural mentecatas)

  1. Dated form of mentecapto.

Noun[edit]

mentecato m (plural mentecatos, feminine mentecata, feminine plural mentecatas)

  1. Dated form of mentecapto.

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin mente captus (literally taken in the mind).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /menteˈkato/ [mẽn̪.t̪eˈka.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: men‧te‧ca‧to

Adjective[edit]

mentecato (feminine mentecata, masculine plural mentecatos, feminine plural mentecatas)

  1. crazy, insane, mad
  2. half-witted, foolish

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