intelecto

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin intellēctus, from Latin intellegō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teˈlɛ.ki.tu/, /ĩ.teˈlɛk.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teˈlɛ.ki.tu/, /ĩ.teˈlɛk.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teˈlɛk.to/, /ĩ.teˈlɛ.ki.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨˈlɛ.ktu/

• Hyphenation: in‧te‧lec‧to

Noun

intelecto m (plural intelectos)

1. brain (intellect)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus, from Latin intellegō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteˈleɡto/ [ĩn̪.t̪eˈleɣ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɡto
• Syllabification: in‧te‧lec‧to

Noun

intelecto m (plural intelectos)

1. (uncountable) intellect (faculty of knowing, reasoning, and understanding in general)
2. (countable) intellect (of a person in particular)

Related terms

• intelectual

 

Further reading

• “intelecto”, 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