letrado

From Old Galician-Portuguese leterado, possibly with semantic influence from Spanish letrado.

• IPA^(key): /lɛˈtɾa.du/

letrado

1. lawyer
2. educated man
3. poet

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#l

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese leterado, from Latin litterātus (“learned; erudite”). Doublet of literato.

letrado (feminine letrada, masculine plural letrados, feminine plural letradas)

1. literate (able to read, having literacy)

   Synonym: alfabetizado

   Antonym: analfabeto

2. knowledgeable in literature; well-read
3. learned, erudite

   Synonyms: culto, douto, erudito, instruído, sábio

   Antonym: inculto

letrado m (plural letrados, feminine letrada, feminine plural letradas)

1. one who is able to read

   Antonym: analfabeto

2. one who is knowledgeable in literature

   Synonym: literato

3. one who is learned

   Synonyms: erudito, sábio

   Antonym: inculto

From Latin litterātus (“learned; erudite”). Doublet of literato.

• IPA^(key): /leˈtɾado/ [leˈt̪ɾa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: le‧tra‧do

letrado (feminine letrada, masculine plural letrados, feminine plural letradas)

1. educated; erudite

letrado m (plural letrados, feminine letrada, feminine plural letradas)

1. (certified) lawyer

• togado

• “letrado”, 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

Borrowed from Spanish letrado, from Latin litterātus (“learned; erudite”). By surface analysis, letra +‎ -ado. Doublet of literato and litereyt.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /letˈɾado/ [lɛt̪ˈɾaː.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: let‧ra‧do

letrado (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜇᜓ)

1. learned; erudite

   Synonyms: marunong, matalino, matalisik

letrado (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜆ᜔ᜇᜇᜓ)

1. scholar

   Synonyms: paham, eskolar, iskolar, pantas

• “letrado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018