contento

See also: contentò and contentó

Interlingua

Noun

contento (plural contentos)

1. content, contents (that which something contains)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtɛn.to/, [kon̪ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪o]
• Hyphenation: con‧tèn‧to
• Rhymes: -ɛnto

Etymology 1

From Latin contentus, perfect passive participle of contineō (“I contain”).

Adjective

1. satisfied, pleased

   Synonyms: appagato, (literary) pago, soddisfatto

   Antonyms: deluso, dispiaciuto, inappagato, insoddisfatto, scontento

2. content, happy

   Synonyms: allegro, felice, giocondo, gioioso, ilare, lieto

   Antonyms: abbattuto, afflitto, infelice, malinconico, mesto, scontento, triste

Derived terms

• cornuto contento

Noun

contento m (plural contenti)

1. (obsolete) That which is contained; content

   Synonym: contenuto

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto II, lines 76–78:

     ‘O donna di virtù sola per cui ¶ l'umana spezie eccede ogni contento ¶ di quel ciel c'ha minor li cerchi sui […] ’

     O Lady of virtue, thou alone through whom the human race exceedeth all contained within the heaven that has the lesser circles,

Etymology 2

Back-formation from contentare (“to satisfy”).

Noun

contento m (plural contenti)

1. (literary) satisfaction, happiness

   Synonyms: contentezza, soddisfazione

   Antonyms: insoddisfazione, scontento

Derived terms

• contentino

Etymology 3

From Latin contemptus (“scorn, contempt”).

Noun

contento m (plural contenti)

1. (obsolete) scorn, contempt

   Synonyms: biasimo, disdegno, (literary) dispetto, (literary) dispregio, disprezzo, disistima, esecrazione, (literary) spregio, (literary) sprezzo

   Antonyms: apprezzamento, considerazione, (literary) pregio, stima

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

contento

1. first-person singular present indicative of contentare

Anagrams

• connetto

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) contentō

1. dative masculine singular of contentus
2. dative neuter singular of contentus
3. ablative masculine singular of contentus
4. ablative neuter singular of contentus

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Portuguese

Adjective

1. Archaic form of contente.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin contentus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtento/ [kõn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪o]

Adjective

contento (feminine contenta, masculine plural contentos, feminine plural contentas)

1. content, happy
2. satisfied, glad, pleased, chuffed (British)

Derived terms

• más contento que unas castañuelas

 

Related terms

• descontento
• contentar

Verb

contento

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of contentar.