congénito

See also: congenito and congênito

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• congênito (Brazil)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin congenitus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈʒɛ̃.ni.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈʒɛ̃.ni.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈʒɛ.ni.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈʒɛ.ni.tu/

• Hyphenation: con‧gé‧ni‧to

Adjective

congénito (feminine congénita, masculine plural congénitos, feminine plural congénitas) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. (genetics, of a trait) congenital (present since birth)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin congenitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈxenito/ [kõŋˈxe.ni.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -enito
• Syllabification: con‧gé‧ni‧to

Adjective

congénito (feminine congénita, masculine plural congénitos, feminine plural congénitas)

1. (genetics, of a trait) congenital (present since birth)

Further reading

• “congénito”, 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