índole

Borrowed from Latin indolēs (“talent, nature”).^[1] Compare Italian indole.

índole f (plural índoles)

1. temperament (a person’s normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting)

   Synonyms: temperamento, carácter, vocação

Borrowed from Latin indolēs (“talent, nature”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈindole/ [ˈĩn̪.d̪o.le]
• Rhymes: -indole
• Syllabification: ín‧do‧le

índole f (plural índoles)

1. type, kind, sort

   Synonym: género

   • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael‎^[1], Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:

     Como muchos de los hombres de su índole, que no temían a Dios, ni sabían orar y sí apenas hacerse en la boca la señal de la cruz

     Like many men of his sort, who did not fear God, nor knew how to pray, and scarcely knew how to mouth the Sign of the Cross

2. nature, character

   Synonyms: naturaleza, carácter

• “índole”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024