clandestino

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klandesˈtino/ [klan̪.d̪es̺ˈt̪i.nʊ]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: clan‧des‧ti‧no

Adjective

clandestino (feminine clandestina, masculine plural clandestinos, feminine plural clandestinas)

1. clandestine

Further reading

• “clandestino”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Italian

Etymology

From Latin clandestīnus (“secret, concealed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klan.deˈsti.no/
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: clan‧de‧stì‧no

Adjective

clandestino (feminine clandestina, masculine plural clandestini, feminine plural clandestine)

1. illicit
2. clandestine, secret, surreptitious
3. underground, undercover

Noun

clandestino m (plural clandestini, feminine clandestina)

1. illegal immigrant
2. stowaway

Derived terms

• clandestinamente
• clandestinità

 

Latin

Adjective

clandestīnō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of clandestīnus

References

• “clandestino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• clandestino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin clandestīnus (“secret, concealed”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /klɐ̃.desˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /klɐ̃.desˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /klɐ̃.deʃˈt͡ʃĩ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /klɐ̃.desˈt͡ʃi.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /klɐ̃.dɨʃˈti.nu/

• Hyphenation: clan‧des‧ti‧no

Adjective

clandestino (feminine clandestina, masculine plural clandestinos, feminine plural clandestinas)

1. clandestine (done or kept in secret)

   Synonym: secreto

2. illicit

   Synonym: ilícito

Derived terms

• clandestinamente
• clandestinidade

 

Noun

clandestino m (plural clandestinos, feminine clandestina, feminine plural clandestinas)

1. stowaway
2. illegal immigrant

Further reading

• “clandestino” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “clandestino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clandestīnus (“secret, concealed”). Cognate with English clandestine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klandesˈtino/ [klãn̪.d̪esˈt̪i.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: clan‧des‧ti‧no

Adjective

clandestino (feminine clandestina, masculine plural clandestinos, feminine plural clandestinas)

1. clandestine
   • 1998, “Clandestino”, in Clandestino, performed by Manu Chao:

     Africano clandestino / Marihuana ilegal

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• inmigración clandestina f (“illegal immigration”)

 

Noun

clandestino m (plural clandestinos, feminine clandestina, feminine plural clandestinas)

1. one who is clandestine; (often) undocumented immigrant
   • 1998, “Clandestino”, in Clandestino, performed by Manu Chao:

     Perdido en el corazón de la grande Babylon / Me dicen "el clandestino" por no llevar papel

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “clandestino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10