honesto
Latin
Etymology
From honestus (“honorable, respectable”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɔˈnɛs.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈnɛs.t̪o]
Verb
honestō (present infinitive honestāre, perfect active honestāvī, supine honestātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
Conjugation of honestō (first conjugation)
Derived terms
Descendants
- ⇒ Italian: onestare
Adjective
honestō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of honestus
References
- “honesto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “honesto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- honesto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) a virtuous (immoral) life: vita honesta (turpis)
- (ambiguous) to follow virtue; to flee from vice: honesta expetere; turpia fugere
- (ambiguous) of illustrious family: nobili, honesto, illustri loco or genere natus
- (ambiguous) a virtuous (immoral) life: vita honesta (turpis)
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese onesto, from Latin honestus, from honor.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈnɛs.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /oˈnɛʃ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈnɛs.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈnɛʃ.tu/
- Hyphenation: ho‧nes‧to
Adjective
honesto (feminine honesta, masculine plural honestos, feminine plural honestas, comparable, comparative mais honesto, superlative o mais honesto or honestíssimo)
- honest (scrupulous with regard to telling the truth)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “honesto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin honestus, an adjective based on honor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈnesto/ [oˈnes.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -esto
- Syllabification: ho‧nes‧to
Adjective
honesto (feminine honesta, masculine plural honestos, feminine plural honestas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
honesto
- first-person singular present indicative of honestar
Further reading
- “honesto”, 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