crédulo

See also: credulo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin crēdulus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.du.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.du.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.du.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɛ.du.lu/ [ˈkɾɛ.ðu.lu]

• Hyphenation: cré‧du‧lo

Adjective

crédulo (feminine crédula, masculine plural crédulos, feminine plural crédulas)

1. gullible (easily deceived)

Further reading

• “crédulo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “crédulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crēdulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾedulo/ [ˈkɾe.ð̞u.lo]
• Rhymes: -edulo
• Syllabification: cré‧du‧lo

Adjective

crédulo (feminine crédula, masculine plural crédulos, feminine plural crédulas)

1. gullible

   Synonyms: ingenuo, cándido, fácil (obsolete)

Further reading

• “crédulo”, 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