menso

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From Latin mēns.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmenso]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -enso
  • Hyphenation: men‧so

Noun

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menso (accusative singular menson, plural mensoj, accusative plural mensojn)

  1. mind

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Latin

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Participle

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mēnsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mēnsus

Old Prussian

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Noun

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menso

  1. meat
    • Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary
      Vleysch   Menso

Spanish

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Etymology

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Arguably taken from Latin mēnsa (table); it is thought that medieval monks used the names of inanimate objects in disparaging reference to illiterate or non‐discerning people, partially out of a desire to not use an explicitly pejorative insult as would be forbidden by their canons.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmenso/ [ˈmẽn.so]
  • Rhymes: -enso
  • Syllabification: men‧so

Adjective

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menso (feminine mensa, masculine plural mensos, feminine plural mensas)

  1. (offensive, Mexico, Central America) foolish, dull
    Synonyms: bobo, insensato, tarado, tonto
    Antonyms: aguzado, brillante, inteligente, listo
  2. (offensive, Mexico, Central America) distracted, absent-minded
    Synonyms: absorto, distraído
    Antonyms: aguzado, atento, concentrado
  3. (offensive, Mexico) ignorant
    Synonym: ignorante
    Antonyms: conocedor, inteligente, sabio
  4. (offensive, Mexico) inexpert
    Synonyms: inexperto, novato, principiante
    Antonyms: conocedor, experto, perito
  5. (offensive, Mexico) timid, shy
    Synonyms: chiveado, penoso, tímido
    Antonyms: aventado, decidido, valiente
  6. (offensive, Mexico) ingenuous, naive
    Synonyms: inexperto, ingenuo
    Antonyms: colmilludo, sagaz

Usage notes

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  • Although in some contexts zonzo, bobo, tonto, menso, culero, tarado, idiota, imbécil, estúpido and pendejo may be synonyms, in most contexts these adjectives each have a different degree of severity, with zonzo having the mildest connotation, increasing in intensity in this rough order, to estúpido and pendejo, which have the most offensive sense.

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