instinto
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin īnstīnctus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩsˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩʃˈt͡ʃĩ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩsˈt͡ʃĩ.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩʃˈtĩ.tu/
- Rhymes: -ĩtu
- Hyphenation: ins‧tin‧to
Noun
instinto m (plural instintos)
- instinct (a natural or inherent impulse or behaviour)
Derived terms
- instintivo
- instinto maternal
Further reading
- “instinto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “instinto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “instinto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “instinto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “instinto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “instinto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin īnstīnctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /insˈtinto/ [ĩnsˈt̪ĩn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -into
- Syllabification: ins‧tin‧to
Noun
instinto m (plural instintos)
- instinct
- gut, gut feeling
- Tienes que confiar en tu instinto. ― You have to trust your gut.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “instinto”, 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