analfabeto

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• IPA^(key): /analfaˈbeto/
• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation: a‧nal‧fa‧be‧to

analfabeto (accusative singular analfabeton, plural analfabetoj, accusative plural analfabetojn)

1. illiterate person

• analfabeta
• analfabeteco
• analfabetulo

• analphabeto (pre-standardization spelling)

Learned borrowing from Latin analphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀναλφάβητος (analphábētos).

• Hyphenation: a‧nal‧fa‧be‧to

analfabeto (feminine analfabeta, masculine plural analfabetos, feminine plural analfabetas, comparable, comparative mais analfabeto, superlative o mais analfabeto or analfabetíssimo)

1. not or little instructed in letters; no or little able to read; illiterate; unlettered
2. (figuratively) ignorant; referring to a person lacking knowledge in general or in a specific subject
3. (figuratively, derogatory) someone who writes poorly, committing too many grammatical or spelling mistakes, etc.

analfabeto m (plural analfabetos, feminine analfabeta, feminine plural analfabetas)

1. illiterate (an illiterate person)
   • 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter VII, in Cahetés‎^[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 48:

     — Um ignorante, um analphabeto...

     “An ignorant person, an illiterate...”

• “analfabeto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “analfabeto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “analfabeto”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “analfabeto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “analfabeto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos, “alphabet”).

• Rhymes: -ɛtu

• IPA^(key): /analfaˈbeto/ [a.nal.faˈβ̞e.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: a‧nal‧fa‧be‧to

analfabeto (feminine analfabeta, masculine plural analfabetos, feminine plural analfabetas)

1. unlettered, illiterate

   Antonym: alfabeto

analfabeto m (plural analfabetos, feminine analfabeta, feminine plural analfabetas)

1. illiterate person

   Antonym: alfabeto

• In analogy to adjectives as e.g. idiota masculine forms analfabeta/analfabetas are sometimes used, however RAE considers this usage as wrong.

• “analfabeto”, 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