humano

See also: humāno

Asturian

Adjective

humano

1. neuter of humanu

Galician

Etymology

From Latin hūmānus.

Adjective

humano (feminine humana, masculine plural humanos, feminine plural humanas)

1. human

   Antonym: inhumano

2. humane

   Antonyms: cruel, inhumano

Derived terms

• ser humano

Noun

humano m (plural humanos)

1. human

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /huːˈmaː.noː/, [huːˈmäːnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /uˈma.no/, [uˈmäːno]

Adjective

hūmānō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of hūmānus

References

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

Portuguese

humanos

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese humano, umano (displacing collateral form humão), from Latin hūmānus. Cognate with Galician and Spanish humano, Catalan humà, Occitan and Romanian uman, French humain, Italian umano.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈmɐ̃.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈmɐ̃.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈmɐ.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /uˈmɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /uˈmɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /uˈma.nu/

• Hyphenation: hu‧ma‧no

Adjective

humano (feminine humana, masculine plural humanos, feminine plural humanas)

1. human (of or belonging to the species Homo sapiens)
2. humane

Derived terms

• humanamente

Noun

humano m (plural humanos, feminine humana, feminine plural humanas)

1. a human being

Further reading

• “humano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Etymology 2

Verb

humano

1. first-person singular present indicative of humanar

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xûmaːno/
• Hyphenation: hu‧ma‧no

Adverb

hȕmāno (Cyrillic spelling ху̏ма̄но)

1. humanely

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈmano/ [uˈma.no]

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: hu‧ma‧no

Etymology 1

From Latin hūmānus, from homō (“human being”).

Adjective

humano (feminine humana, masculine plural humanos, feminine plural humanas)

1. human
2. humane

Noun

humano m (plural humanos, feminine humana, feminine plural humanas)

1. human, human being

Derived terms

• capital humano
• derechos humanos
• errar es humano
• escudo humano
• género humano
• humanismo m
• humanista
• humanitario
• humanizar (verb)
• naturaleza humana
• raza humana
• ser humano m
• virus de inmunodeficiencia humana

 

Related terms

• hombre
• humanidad

 

Etymology 2

Verb

humano

1. first-person singular present indicative of humanar

Further reading

• “humano”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish humano, but with the silent ⟨h⟩ pronounced as /h/, most likely due to English influence (compare alkohol, Hispanismo, Hinduismo, homiliya, nihilismo, rehabilitasyon), or possibly due to a desire to differentiate from similar words, namely umano (compare historya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /huˈmano/ [hʊˈmaː.n̪o]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: hu‧ma‧no

Adjective

humano (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜋᜈᜓ)

1. human
   • 1967, Katas:

     Ang tanging pag-aaksaya na bumabalisa sa mga Americano ay hindi material kundi ang mga kayamanang humano.

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Related terms

• humanidad
• humanidades
• humanismo
• humanista
• humanitaryo