sincero
التعريفات والمعاني
== Chavacano ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Spanish sincero (“sincere”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /sinˈseɾo/, [sĩnˈse.ɾo]
Hyphenation: sin‧ce‧ro
=== Adjective ===
sincero
sincere
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin sincērus.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ɛɾo
Hyphenation: sin‧ce‧ro
=== Adjective ===
sincero (feminine sincera, masculine plural sinceros, feminine plural sinceras)
meaning what one says or does; truthful; sincere
Antonym: insincero
=== Further reading ===
“sincero”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /sinˈt͡ʃɛ.ro/
Rhymes: -ɛro
Hyphenation: sin‧cè‧ro
=== Etymology 1 ===
Learned borrowing from Latin sincērus (“pure, genuine”).
==== Adjective ====
sincero (feminine sincera, masculine plural sinceri, feminine plural sincere)
(archaic) sound, genuine
sincere, honest
===== Related terms =====
sinceramente
sincerare
sincerità
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
sincero
first-person singular present indicative of sincerare
=== Anagrams ===
Scirone, censirò, censori, cinsero, incorse, necrosi
== Latin ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɪŋˈkeː.roː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [sin̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛː.ro]
=== Etymology 1 ===
From sincērus + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
==== Verb ====
sincērō (present infinitive sincērāre, perfect active sincērāvī, supine sincērātum); first conjugation
to clean, to purify
===== Conjugation =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Adjective ====
sincērō
dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sincērus
=== References ===
“sincero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“sincero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin sincērus.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: sin‧ce‧ro
=== Adjective ===
sincero (feminine sincera, masculine plural sinceros, feminine plural sinceras, comparable, comparative mais sincero, superlative o mais sincero or sinceríssimo)
sincere, truthful
Antonym: insincero
=== Further reading ===
“sincero”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“sincero”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin sincērus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /sinˈθeɾo/ [sĩn̟ˈθe.ɾo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
IPA(key): /sinˈseɾo/ [sĩnˈse.ɾo] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: sin‧ce‧ro
=== Adjective ===
sincero (feminine sincera, masculine plural sinceros, feminine plural sinceras)
sincere
Synonym: genuino
honest
Synonym: honesto
==== Antonyms ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Verb ===
sincero
first-person singular present indicative of sincerar
=== Further reading ===
“sincero”, 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