devoto

English

Etymology

Italian devoto

Noun

devoto (plural devotos or devotoes)

1. A devotee.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Dr. J. Scott to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “devoto”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Italian

Adjective

1. devout, pious
2. devoted

Noun

devoto m (plural devoti, feminine devota)

1. A devout or faithful person

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) dēvōtō

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

References

• “devoto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• devoto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dēvōtus (“promissed; vowed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.ˈvɔ.tu/

Adjective

1. (religion) devout; pious (devoted to religious feelings and duties)

   Synonym: pio

Derived terms

• devotamente

Noun

devoto m (plural s, feminine devota, feminine plural devotas)

1. devotee (ardent enthusiast or admirer)

   Synonyms: entusiasta, discípulo

2. (religion) devotee (zealous follower of a religion)

Related terms

• devoção
• devotar
• voto

Verb

devoto

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēvotus (“vowed, promised, dedicated”), from dēvoveō (“I vow, offer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈboto/ [d̪eˈβ̞o.t̪o]

Adjective

devoto (feminine devota, masculine plural devotos, feminine plural devotas)

1. devout, pious
2. devoted

Noun

devoto m (plural devotos, feminine devota, feminine plural devotas)

1. devotee; admirer

Related terms

• devoción

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001