cheto
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈke.to/, /ˈkɛ.to/[1]
- Rhymes: -eto, -ɛto
- Hyphenation: ché‧to, chè‧to
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin qu(i)ētus. Doublet of quieto, which was borrowed.
Adjective
cheto (feminine cheta, masculine plural cheti, feminine plural chete) (literary or Tuscan)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
cheto
- first-person singular present indicative of chetare
References
- ^ cheto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
- cheto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃeto/ [ˈt͡ʃe.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: che‧to
Adjective
cheto (feminine cheta, masculine plural chetos, feminine plural chetas)
- (Rioplatense) great, sweet, brill
- (Rioplatense) posh, snobbish
Noun
cheto m (plural chetos, feminine cheta, feminine plural chetas)
- (Rioplatense) rich person
Further reading
- “cheto”, 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
- “cheto”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010