letrado

Macanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛˈtɾa.du/

Noun

letrado

1. lawyer
2. educated man
3. poet

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese leterado, from Latin litterātus (“learned; erudite”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈtɾa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈtɾa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /leˈtɾa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨˈtɾa.du/ [lɨˈtɾa.ðu]

Adjective

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

Noun

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

Related terms

• beletrismo
• letra
• letreiro
• letrista
• literal
• literário
• literatura

 

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. educated; erudite

Noun

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

1. (certified) lawyer

See also

• togado

Further reading

• “letrado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28