índole

See also: indole

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indolēs (“talent, nature”). Compare Italian indole.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈĩ.do.li/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈĩ.do.li/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈĩ.do.le/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈĩ.du.lɨ/

Noun

índole f (plural índoles)

1. temperament (a person’s normal manner of thinking, behaving or reacting)

   Synonyms: temperamento, carácter, vocação

Further reading

• “índole”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indolēs (“talent, nature”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈindole/ [ˈĩn̪.d̪o.le]
• Rhymes: -indole
• Syllabification: ín‧do‧le

Noun

índole f (plural índoles)

1. type, kind, sort

   Synonym: género

   • 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael‎^[1], Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:

     Como muchos de los hombres de su índole, que no temían a Dios, ni sabían orar y sí apenas hacerse en la boca la señal de la cruz

     Like many men of his sort, who did not fear God, nor knew how to pray, and scarcely knew how to mouth the Sign of the Cross

2. nature, character

   Synonyms: naturaleza, carácter

Further reading

• “índole”, 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