argentino

See also: Argentino

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ar.d͡ʒenˈti.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: ar‧gen‧tì‧no

Adjective

argentino (feminine argentina, masculine plural argentini, feminine plural argentine)

  1. Argentinian, Argentine

Noun

argentino m (plural argentini, feminine argentina)

  1. Argentine, Argentinian

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arˈd͡ʒɛn.ti.no/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntino
  • Hyphenation: ar‧gèn‧ti‧no

Verb

argentino

  1. inflection of argentare:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

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Latin

Adjective

argentīnō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of argentīnus

Portuguese

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin argentīnus, with a later semantic loan from Spanish argentino in the senses related to the country.

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aʁ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/ [aɦ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nu]
      • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aɾ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
      • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aʁ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aɻ.ʒẽˈt͡ʃi.no/
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɾ.ʒẽˈti.nu/

    Adjective

    argentino (feminine argentina, masculine plural argentinos, feminine plural argentinas)

    1. Argentinian, Argentine (pertaining to Argentina)
    2. (poetic) silver; silvery (having a colour like silver)
      Synonyms: prata, prateado, argênteo
    3. having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

    Descendants

    • Hunsrik: arschentinisch, arschentin

    Noun

    argentino m (plural argentinos, feminine argentina, feminine plural argentinas)

    1. Argentinian (person from Argentina)

    Descendants

    References

    • José Pedro Machado (1995) “argentino”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 301, column 2

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    Spanish

    Etymology

      Learned borrowing from Latin argentīnus, from argentum (silver).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /aɾxenˈtino/ [aɾ.xẽn̪ˈt̪i.no]
      • Audio (Colombia):(file)
      • Rhymes: -ino
      • Syllabification: ar‧gen‧ti‧no

      Adjective

      argentino (feminine argentina, masculine plural argentinos, feminine plural argentinas)

      1. Argentinian, Argentine
      2. (poetic) silver, silvery
        Synonyms: argénteo, plateado

      Derived terms

      Noun

      argentino m (plural argentinos, feminine argentina, feminine plural argentinas)

      1. Argentinian (person)

      Further reading

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