entenado

Spanish

Etymology

From earlier antenado, from Latin ante natus (“before birth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enteˈnado/ [ẽn̪.t̪eˈna.ð̞o]

Noun

entenado m (plural entenados)

1. stepchild, stepson
2. (Nicaragua) an illegitimate stepson; a girlfriend’s child sired by a previous boyfriend

Alternative forms

• antenado (obsolete)

Further reading

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