cándido

See also: candido, Candido, candidò, cândido, and Cándido

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin candĭdus; compare English candid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkandido/ [ˈkãn̪.d̪i.ð̞o]

Adjective

cándido (feminine cándida, masculine plural cándidos, feminine plural cándidas)

1. straightforward
2. naive

Usage notes

• Cándido is a false friend, and does not mean “candid” in the sense of "honestly frank". The word for “candid” in Spanish would be franco or sincero.

Further reading

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