casto

== Galician == === Etymology === From Latin castus. === Adjective === casto (feminine casta, masculine plural castos, feminine plural castas) chaste ==== Related terms ==== castidade === Further reading === “casto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin castus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkas.to/ Rhymes: -asto Hyphenation: cà‧sto === Adjective === casto (feminine casta, masculine plural casti, feminine plural caste) chaste (abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse) Antonyms: erotomane, libidinoso, lussurioso, (of a woman) ninfomane chaste (having had no sexual experience) Synonyms: illibato, vergine (by extension) pure, innocent, virtuous Synonyms: innocente, puro, virtuoso Antonym: impuro ==== Derived terms ==== castamente ==== Related terms ==== castigare castità incesto === Further reading === casto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === Costa, Tasco, costa, costà, scato-, scota, tosca == Latin == === Alternative forms === chastō === Etymology === Borrowed from Frankish *kastō (“box, case”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkas.toː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkas.to] === Noun === castō m (genitive castōnis); third declension (Medieval Latin) encasement ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Old French: chastun, chaston, chestun, caston Middle French: chaton, chaston French: chaton→ Catalan: xató→ English: chaton Galician: engastoar, gastallo, engastallar === Adjective === castō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of castus === References === === Further reading === "casto", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese casto, from Latin castus, possibly borrowed. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -astu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃtu Hyphenation: cas‧to === Adjective === casto (feminine casta, masculine plural castos, feminine plural castas) chaste (abstaining from sexual activity) Antonyms: pervertido, tarado, devasso ==== Derived terms ==== castamente ==== Related terms ==== castidade castigar incesto === Further reading === “casto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “casto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin castus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkasto/ [ˈkas.t̪o] Rhymes: -asto Syllabification: cas‧to === Adjective === casto (feminine casta, masculine plural castos, feminine plural castas, superlative castísimo) chaste (abstaining from sexual intercourse) (obsolete) pure Synonym: puro ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === References === === Further reading === “casto”, 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