adulto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdulto/
• Hyphenation: a‧dul‧to
• Rhymes: -ulto

Noun

adulto (accusative singular adulton, plural adultoj, accusative plural adultojn)

1. adultery (cheating on a spouse)

Etymology

Borrowed from English adult, French adulte, Italian/Portuguese/Spanish adulto, all from Latin adultus (“grown up”), perfect passive participle of adolescō (“I grow up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdul.to/

Noun

adulto (plural adulti)

1. adult
   • 1913, La Progreso, Vol. 5, page 712.

     Granda esas la difero inter infanto ed adulto.

     Large is the difference between a child and an adult.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ulto

Adjective

adulto (feminine singular adulta, masculine plural adulti, feminine plural adulte)

1. adult, grown-up

Noun

adulto m (plural adulti, feminine adulta)

1. adult

Anagrams

• doluta

Participle

adultō

1. dative masculine singular of adultus
2. dative neuter singular of adultus
3. ablative masculine singular of adultus
4. ablative neuter plural of adultus

Etymology

From Latin adultus.

Adjective

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)

1. adult

Noun

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)

1. adult

Etymology

From Latin adultus.

Pronunciation

• audio (BR)

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• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈðuɫ.tu/
• Hyphenation: a‧dul‧to

Adjective

adulto m (feminine singular adulta, masculine plural adultos, feminine plural adultas, comparable)

1. adult, grown-up

Noun

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)

1. adult

Etymology

From Latin adultus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdulto/, [aˈðul̪t̪o]

Adjective

adulto (feminine singular adulta, masculine plural adultos, feminine plural adultas)

1. adult

Noun

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)

1. adult

Further reading

• “adulto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.