analfabeto

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /analfaˈbeto/
• Hyphenation: a‧nal‧fa‧be‧to
• Rhymes: -eto

Noun

analfabeto (accusative singular analfabeton, plural analfabetoj, accusative plural analfabetojn)

1. illiterate person

Related terms

• analfabeta
• analfabeteco
• analfabetulo

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos, “alphabet”).

Adjective

analfabeto m (feminine singular analfabeta, masculine plural analfabetos, feminine plural analfabetas, comparable)

1. not or little instructed in letters; no or little able to read; illiterate; unlettered.
2. ignorant; referring to a person lacking knowledge in general or in a specific subject

Inflection

Inflection of analfabeto

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	analfabeto	analfabeta	analfabetos	analfabetas
comparative	mais analfabeto	mais analfabeta	mais analfabetos	mais analfabetas
superlative	o mais analfabeto analfabetíssimo	a mais analfabeta analfabetíssima	os mais analfabetos analfabetíssimos	as mais analfabetas analfabetíssimas
augmentative	—	—	—	—
diminutive	—	—	—	—

See also

• analfabetismo
• analfabeto funcional

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos, “alphabet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /analfaˈbeto/, [analfaˈβet̪o]

Adjective

analfabeto (feminine singular analfabeta, masculine plural analfabetos, feminine plural analfabetas)

1. unlettered, illiterate

   Antonym: alfabeto

Noun

analfabeto m (plural analfabetos, feminine analfabeta, feminine plural analfabetas)

1. illiterate person

   Antonym: alfabeto

Usage notes

• In analogy to adjectives as e.g. idiota masculine forms analfabeta/analfabetas are sometimes used, however RAE considers this usage as wrong.

Derived terms

• analfabetismo
• alfabeto (“literate”)

Further reading

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