ingrato

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ingrato.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: in‧gra‧to
• IPA^(key): /ʔinˈɡɾato/ [ʔɪŋˈɡɾ̪a.t̪o]

Adjective

ingrato

1. ungrateful

Noun

ingrato

1. ingrate

Verb

ingrato

1. to be ungrateful

Conjugation

Conjugation for ingrato (maka- )

affix		maka-
root word		ingrato
trigger		actor
aspect
infinitive		makaingrato
past/present inchoative		nakaingrato
future/habitual inchoative		makaingrato

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ingrātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈɡra.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: in‧grà‧to

• Audio:

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Adjective

ingrato (feminine ingrata, masculine plural ingrati, feminine plural ingrate)

1. ungrateful, ingrate

   Synonym: irriconoscente

   Antonym: grato

2. thankless, unrewarding, unpleasant, difficult

   Synonyms: difficile, sgradevole, spiacevole

Derived terms

• ingratamente

Related terms

• ingratitudine

Noun

ingrato m (plural ingrati, feminine ingrata, augmentative ingratone, pejorative ingrataccio)

1. ungrateful person

Further reading

• ingrato in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• ingrato in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• ingrato in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• ingràto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• ingrato in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• ingrato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Trigona, granito, gratino, gratinò, targoni, trigona

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪŋˈɡraː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iŋˈɡraː.to]

Adjective

ingrātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ingrātus

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós

Proto-Italic *gʷrātos

Latin grātus

Latin ingrātusbor.

Portuguese ingrato

Borrowed from Latin ingrātus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈɡɾa.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈɡɾa.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈɡɾa.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈɡɾa.tu/

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: in‧gra‧to

Adjective

ingrato (feminine ingrata, masculine plural ingratos, feminine plural ingratas)

1. ungrateful (not grateful)

Noun

ingrato m (plural ingratos, feminine ingrata, feminine plural ingratas)

1. an ungrateful person

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ingrato.

Related terms

• ingratidão

Further reading

• “ingrato”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ingrato”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “ingrato” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ingrato”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “ingrato”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “ingrato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ingrātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈɡɾato/ [ĩŋˈɡɾa.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: in‧gra‧to

Adjective

ingrato (feminine ingrata, masculine plural ingratos, feminine plural ingratas)

1. thankless
2. ungrateful

Noun

ingrato m (plural ingratos, feminine ingrata, feminine plural ingratas)

1. ingrate

Further reading

• “ingrato”, 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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• inggrato

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ingrato, from Latin ingrātus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiŋˈɡɾato/ [ʔɪŋˈɡ̠ɾaː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: in‧gra‧to

Adjective

ingrato (feminine ingrata, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜅ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜇᜆᜓ)

1. ungrateful

   Synonyms: walang-utang-na-loob, balasubas, burisingkaw, busong, (obsolete) palamara

   • 1968, Graphic:

     Dahil sa tinatawag na pagtulong ng mga Amerkano'y nilalait tay't iniinsulto ng kanilang mga pinuno mga senadores nila't mga kinatawan — na tayo daw ay tanga, hindi marunong, at ingrato pa.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. disagreeable; unpleasant

Noun

ingrato (feminine ingrata, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜅ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜇᜆᜓ)

1. ingrate

   Synonym: palamara