adulto

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈdulto]
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Hyphenation: a‧dul‧to

• Audio:

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Noun

adulto (accusative singular adulton, plural adultoj, accusative plural adultojn)

1. adultery (cheating on a spouse)

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdulto/ [aˈð̞ul̪.t̪ʊ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ulto
• Hyphenation: a‧dul‧to

Adjective

adulto (feminine adulta, masculine plural adultos, feminine plural adultas)

1. adult

Noun

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)

1. adult

   Espectáculo para adultos

   Entertainment for adults

Further reading

• “adulto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto adolto, English adult, French adulte, Italian adulto, Spanish adulto, all from Latin adultus (“grown up”), perfect passive participle of adolescō (“I grow up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdul.to/

Noun

adulto (plural adulti)

1. adult
   • 1913, La Progreso, volume 5, page 712:

     Granda esas la difero inter infanto ed adulto.

     Great is the difference between a child and an adult.

Related terms

• adulta
• adultala
• adulteskar
• adultesko
• adultino
• adultulo

 

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adultus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdul.to/
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Hyphenation: a‧dùl‧to

Adjective

adulto (feminine adulta, masculine plural adulti, feminine plural adulte)

1. adult, grown-up

Noun

adulto m (plural adulti, feminine adulta)

1. adult

References

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

Anagrams

• doluta

Latin

Participle

adultō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of adultus

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin adultus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐˈdul.tu/

Adjective

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)

1. adult

Noun

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)

1. adult

References

“adulto” in Amadeu Ferreira, José Pedro Cardona Ferreira, Dicionário Mirandês-Português, 1st edition, 2004.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin adultus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈduw.tu/ [aˈduʊ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈduw.tu/ [aˈduʊ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈduw.to/ [aˈduʊ̯.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈdul.tu/ [ɐˈðuɫ.tu]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ultu, (Brazil) -uwtu

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: a‧dul‧to

Adjective

adulto (feminine adulta, masculine plural adultos, feminine plural adultas)

1. adult, grown-up

Noun

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)

1. adult

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adultus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdulto/ [aˈð̞ul̪.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ulto
• Syllabification: a‧dul‧to

Adjective

adulto (feminine adulta, masculine plural adultos, feminine plural adultas)

1. adult

Noun

adulto m (plural adultos, feminine adulta, feminine plural adultas)

1. adult

Derived terms

• adultez
• adulticida
• edad adulta

 

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adulto (“adult”), from Latin adultus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdulto/ [ʔɐˈd̪ul.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Syllabification: a‧dul‧to

Noun

adulto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. adult

   Synonym: maygulang

   • 1988, “Pagmamasid sa Daigdig”, in Gumising!‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 September 2020:

     Noong nakaraang Setyembre ang kauna-unahang pagkakataon na inilipat ng mga doktor ang himaymay ng ipinagbubuntis na sanggol sa mga utak ng dalawang adulto na mayroong Parkinson’s disease.

     Last September was the first time doctors transplanted fetal tissue into the brains of two adults suffering from Parkinson’s disease.

Derived terms

• edukasyong pang-adulto
• pang-adulto

 

Related terms

• adolesensiya
• adolesente

 

See also

• matanda
• may-edad
• mayor de-edad

 

Adjective

adulto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. adult

   Synonym: maygulang

Further reading

• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 13