analfabeto

== Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /analfaˈbeto/ Rhymes: -eto Syllabification: a‧nal‧fa‧be‧to === Noun === analfabeto (accusative singular analfabeton, plural analfabetoj, accusative plural analfabetojn) illiterate person ==== Related terms ==== analfabeta analfabeteco analfabetulo == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === analphabeto (pre-standardization spelling) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin analphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀναλφάβητος (analphábētos). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧nal‧fa‧be‧to === Adjective === analfabeto (feminine analfabeta, masculine plural analfabetos, feminine plural analfabetas, comparable, comparative mais analfabeto, superlative o mais analfabeto or analfabetíssimo) not or little instructed in letters; no or little able to read; illiterate; unlettered (figuratively) ignorant; referring to a person lacking knowledge in general or in a specific subject (figuratively, derogatory) someone who writes poorly, committing too many grammatical or spelling mistakes, etc. === Noun === analfabeto m (plural analfabetos, feminine analfabeta, feminine plural analfabetas) illiterate (an illiterate person) === Derived terms === === Related terms === === Further reading === “analfabeto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “analfabeto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “analfabeto”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026 “analfabeto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “analfabeto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos, “alphabet”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛtu IPA(key): /analfaˈbeto/ [a.nal.faˈβ̞e.t̪o] Rhymes: -eto Syllabification: a‧nal‧fa‧be‧to === Adjective === analfabeto (feminine analfabeta, masculine plural analfabetos, feminine plural analfabetas) unlettered, illiterate Antonym: alfabeto === Noun === analfabeto m (plural analfabetos, feminine analfabeta, feminine plural analfabetas) illiterate person Antonym: alfabeto ==== Usage notes ==== In analogy to adjectives as e.g. idiota masculine forms analfabeta/analfabetas are sometimes used, however RAE considers this usage as wrong. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Tagalog: analpabeto === Further reading === “analfabeto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025