incauto

See also: incautó

Italian

Etymology

From Latin incautus (“incautious, heedless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈkaw.to/
• Rhymes: -awto
• Hyphenation: in‧càu‧to

Adjective

incauto (feminine incauta, masculine plural incauti, feminine plural incaute)

1. rash, imprudent

Derived terms

• incautamente

Further reading

• incauto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• nautico, nociuta

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈkau̯.toː/, [ɪŋˈkäu̯t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈkau̯.to/, [iŋˈkäːu̯t̪o]

Adjective

incautō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of incautus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incautus (“incautious, heedless”). By surface analysis, in- +‎ cauto.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈkaw.tu/ [ĩˈkaʊ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈkaw.tu/ [ĩˈkaʊ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈkaw.to/ [ĩˈkaʊ̯.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈkaw.tu/

• Rhymes: -awtu
• Hyphenation: in‧cau‧to

Adjective

incauto (feminine incauta, masculine plural incautos, feminine plural incautas)

1. dupe, gullible, unwary, naive
2. careless

Further reading

• “incauto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin incautus (“incautious, heedless”).

Adjective

incauto (feminine incauta, masculine plural incautos, feminine plural incautas)

1. dupe, gullible, unwary, naive
2. careless

Noun

incauto m (plural incautos, feminine incauta, feminine plural incautas)

1. gullible or unwary person

Related terms

• acotar
• cautela
• cauteloso
• coto
• incautación

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

incauto

1. only used in me incauto, first-person singular present indicative of incautarse

Further reading

• “incauto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014