mentecapto

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === mentecato (dated) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin mente captus (literally “captured in the mind”). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === mentecapto (feminine mentecapta, masculine plural mentecaptos, feminine plural mentecaptas) (derogatory) crazy, insane Synonyms: doido, louco, maluco, insano, pirado (derogatory) ignorant, imbecilic Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota === Noun === mentecapto m (plural mentecaptos, feminine mentecapta, feminine plural mentecaptas) (derogatory) a madman or crazy person Synonyms: doido, louco, maluco, insano (derogatory) an imbecile Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota === Further reading === “mentecapto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “mentecapto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Adjective === mentecapto (feminine mentecapta, masculine plural mentecaptos, feminine plural mentecaptas) archaic form of mentecato === Further reading === “mentecapto”, 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