mentecato

Portuguese

Adjective

mentecato (feminine mentecata, masculine plural mentecatos, feminine plural mentecatas)

  1. dated form of mentecapto

Noun

mentecato m (plural mentecatos, feminine mentecata, feminine plural mentecatas)

  1. dated form of mentecapto

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin mente captus (literally “taken in the mind”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /menteˈkato/ [mẽn̪.t̪eˈka.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: men‧te‧ca‧to

Adjective

mentecato (feminine mentecata, masculine plural mentecatos, feminine plural mentecatas)

  1. crazy, insane, mad
  2. half-witted, foolish

Further reading

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