tonto

See also: Tonto

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Spanish tonto (“stupid”), from Latin attonitus.

Adjective

tonto (comparative more tonto, superlative most tonto)

1. (slang) crazy, mad
   • 2011, Gil McNeil, Stand by Your Man, Bloomsbury Publishing →ISBN

     Yes, and then I got drunk one night and snogged one of his friends, and he went tonto.

   • 2012, Ken McNab, The Beatles in Scotland, Birlinn →ISBN

     And when McCartney heard White Trash's version, he went tonto.

   • 2014, Ben Elton, Time and Time Again, Random House →ISBN

     AMERICA! The richest prize on the bloody planet. Gone, for want of a few paltry seats on the cross benches. George the bloody Third wasn't just mad, he was completely tonto!

Etymology 2

Noun

tonto (uncountable)

1. a traditional Ugandan fermented beverage made from bananas

Anagrams

• Toton

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin attonitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈton.to/
• Rhymes: -onto

Adjective

1. stupid, silly, dumb, foolish

Derived terms

• intontire

Noun

tonto m (plural tonti, feminine tonta)

1. a fool, a stupid person
2. goof

Further reading

• tonto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin attonitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtõ.tu/
• Hyphenation: ton‧to

Adjective

1. dizzy
2. stupid

   Synonyms: anormal, bobo, estúpido, idiota, pateta

3. silly, foolish

   Synonyms: bobo, pateta, tolo

Synonyms

• (stupid): See here

Noun

tonto m (plural tontos, feminine tonta, feminine plural tontas)

1. a fool, a stupid person

Synonyms

• (fool): See here

Related terms

• tontaria
• tontice

 

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin attonitus (“struck by lightning, stupefied, dazed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtonto/ [ˈt̪õn̪.t̪o]

Adjective

tonto (feminine tonta, masculine plural tontos, feminine plural tontas)

1. stupid

   Synonyms: bobo, estúpido, idiota, retrasado, subnormal, tarado

2. silly, foolish

   Synonym: bobo

Derived terms

• a tontas y a locas
• architonto
• caja tonta
• dame pan y llámame tonto
• más tonto que Abundio
• más tonto que mandado hacer de encargo
• no tener un pelo de tonto
• tontísimo
• tonto de capirote
• tonto del culo
• tontón (augmentative)

 

Noun

tonto m (plural tontos, feminine tonta, feminine plural tontas)

1. a fool, a stupid person

Derived terms

• pan con pan, comida de tontos

 

Related terms

• atontar
• entontecer
• tontada
• tontaina
• tontear
• tontera
• tontería
• tontón
• tontorrón

 

Further reading

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