congénito
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin congenitus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈʒɛ̃.ni.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈʒɛ.ni.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõˈʒɛ.ni.tu/
- Hyphenation: con‧gé‧ni‧to
Adjective
congénito (feminine congénita, masculine plural congénitos, feminine plural congénitas) (European Portuguese spelling)
- (genetics, of a trait) congenital (present since birth)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin congenitus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈxenito/ [kõŋˈxe.ni.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -enito
- Syllabification: con‧gé‧ni‧to
Adjective
congénito (feminine congénita, masculine plural congénitos, feminine plural congénitas)
- (genetics, of a trait) congenital (present since birth)
Further reading
- “congénito”, 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