insensatez

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Latin sensātus

Latin īnsēnsātusbor.

Portuguese insensato

Portuguese -ez

Portuguese insensatez

From insensato (“insensitive”) + -ez.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sẽ.saˈte(j)s/ [ĩ.sẽ.saˈte(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sẽ.saˈte(j)s/ [ĩ.sẽ.saˈte(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sẽ.saˈte(j)ʃ/ [ĩ.sẽ.saˈte(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sẽ.sɐˈteʃ/

• Hyphenation: in‧sen‧sa‧tez

Noun

insensatez f (plural insensatezes)

1. insensitivity

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Latin sensātus

Latin īnsēnsātusbor.

Spanish insensato

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin -itia

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

blend

Latin -itiēs

Spanish -ez

Spanish insensatez

From insensato + -ez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /insensaˈteθ/ [ĩn.sẽn.saˈt̪eθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /insensaˈtes/ [ĩn.sẽn.saˈt̪es] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: in‧sen‧sa‧tez

Noun

insensatez f (plural insensateces)

1. insensitivity

   Antonym: sensatez

Further reading

• “insensatez”, 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