inocente

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin innocēns, innocentis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [inoˈθentɪ]

Adjective

inocente m or f (plural inocentes)

1. innocent; blameless

   Antonyms: culpábel, culpable

2. naive

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “inocente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “inocente”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “inocente”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• innocente (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.noˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.noˈsẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.noˈsẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.nuˈsẽ.tɨ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ẽt͡ʃi, -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: i‧no‧cen‧te

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese innocente, from Latin innocentem.

Adjective

inocente m or f (plural inocentes)

1. innocent (free from guilt)
2. (law) innocent (bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act)

   Antonym: culpado

3. naive (lacking experience, wisdom, or judgement)

   Synonyms: cândido, ingénuo

Related terms

• inocência
• inocentar
• inocentemente
• nocente

Noun

inocente m or f (plural inocentes)

1. innocent (one who is innocent)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

inocente

1. inflection of inocentar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “inocente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “inocente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “inocente”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “inocente”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Anagrams

• centênio

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin innocentem (“harmless, inoffensive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inoˈθente/ [i.noˈθẽn̪.t̪e] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /inoˈsente/ [i.noˈsẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: i‧no‧cen‧te

Adjective

inocente m or f (masculine and feminine plural inocentes)

1. innocent

Derived terms

• inocentemente
• inocentón

Noun

inocente m or f by sense (plural inocentes)

1. innocent person

Derived terms

• Día de los Inocentes
• Día de los Santos Inocentes
• inocentada

Related terms

• inocencia

Descendants

• → Cebuano: inosente
• → Tagalog: inosente

Further reading

• “inocente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024