devoto

English

Etymology

Italian devoto

Noun

devoto (plural devotos or devotoes)

  1. A devotee.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dr. J. Scott to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for devoto in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Italian

Adjective

devoto (feminine singular devota, masculine plural devoti, feminine plural devote)

  1. devout, pious
  2. devoted

Noun

devoto m (plural devoti, feminine devota)

  1. A devout or faithful person

Latin

Participle

dēvotō

  1. dative masculine singular of dēvotus
  2. dative neuter singular of dēvotus
  3. ablative masculine singular of dēvotus
  4. ablative neuter singular of dēvotus

References

  • devoto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • devoto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dēvōtus (“promissed; vowed”).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.ˈvɔ.tu/

Adjective

devoto m (feminine singular devota, masculine plural devotos, feminine plural devotas, comparable)

  1. (religion) devout; pious (devoted to religious feelings and duties)
    Synonym: pio

Derived terms

Noun

devoto m (plural devotos, feminine devota, feminine plural devotas)

  1. devotee (ardent enthusiast or admirer)
    Synonyms: entusiasta, discípulo
  2. (religion) devotee (zealous follower of a religion)

Verb

devoto

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of devotar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēvotus (“vowed, promised, dedicated”), from dēvoveō (“I vow, offer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈboto/, [d̪eˈβot̪o]

Adjective

devoto (feminine singular devota, masculine plural devotos, feminine plural devotas)

  1. devout, pious
  2. devoted

Noun

devoto m (plural devotos, feminine devota, feminine plural devotas)

  1. devotee; admirer

Further reading

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