honesto

Latin

Etymology

From honestus (“honorable, respectable”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hoˈnes.toː/, [hɔˈnɛs̠t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈnes.to/, [oˈnɛst̪o]

Verb

honestō (present infinitive honestāre, perfect active honestāvī, supine honestātum); first conjugation

1. to honor, dignify, clothe with honor

   Synonym: honōrō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of honestō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	honestō		honestās		honestat		honestāmus		honestātis		honestant
	imperfect	honestābam		honestābās		honestābat		honestābāmus		honestābātis		honestābant
	future	honestābō		honestābis		honestābit		honestābimus		honestābitis		honestābunt
	perfect	honestāvī		honestāvistī		honestāvit		honestāvimus		honestāvistis		honestāvērunt, honestāvēre
	pluperfect	honestāveram		honestāverās		honestāverat		honestāverāmus		honestāverātis		honestāverant
	future perfect	honestāverō		honestāveris		honestāverit		honestāverimus		honestāveritis		honestāverint
passive	present	honestor		honestāris, honestāre		honestātur		honestāmur		honestāminī		honestantur
	imperfect	honestābar		honestābāris, honestābāre		honestābātur		honestābāmur		honestābāminī		honestābantur
	future	honestābor		honestāberis, honestābere		honestābitur		honestābimur		honestābiminī		honestābuntur
	perfect	honestātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	honestātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	honestātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	honestem		honestēs		honestet		honestēmus		honestētis		honestent
	imperfect	honestārem		honestārēs		honestāret		honestārēmus		honestārētis		honestārent
	perfect	honestāverim		honestāverīs		honestāverit		honestāverīmus		honestāverītis		honestāverint
	pluperfect	honestāvissem		honestāvissēs		honestāvisset		honestāvissēmus		honestāvissētis		honestāvissent
passive	present	honester		honestēris, honestēre		honestētur		honestēmur		honestēminī		honestentur
	imperfect	honestārer		honestārēris, honestārēre		honestārētur		honestārēmur		honestārēminī		honestārentur
	perfect	honestātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	honestātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		honestā		—		—		honestāte		—
	future	—		honestātō		honestātō		—		honestātōte		honestantō
passive	present	—		honestāre		—		—		honestāminī		—
	future	—		honestātor		honestātor		—		—		honestantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		honestāre			honestārī			honestāns			—
future		honestātūrum esse			honestātum īrī			honestātūrus			honestandus
perfect		honestāvisse			honestātum esse			—			honestātus
future perfect		—			honestātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		honestātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		honestandī		honestandō		honestandum		honestandō		honestātum		honestātū

Derived terms

• honestāmentum

Adjective

honestō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of honestus

References

• “honesto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “honesto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• honesto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) a virtuous (immoral) life: vita honesta (turpis)
    
  • (ambiguous) to follow virtue; to flee from vice: honesta expetere; turpia fugere
    
  • (ambiguous) of illustrious family: nobili, honesto, illustri loco or genere natus
    

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese onesto, from Latin honestus, from honor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈnɛs.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈnɛs.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oˈnɛʃ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈnɛs.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈnɛʃ.tu/

• Hyphenation: ho‧nes‧to

Adjective

honesto (feminine honesta, masculine plural honestos, feminine plural honestas, comparable, comparative mais honesto, superlative o mais honesto or honestíssimo)

1. honest (scrupulous with regard to telling the truth)

Derived terms

• honestamente

Further reading

• “honesto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin honestus, an adjective based on honor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈnesto/ [oˈnes.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -esto
• Syllabification: ho‧nes‧to

Adjective

honesto (feminine honesta, masculine plural honestos, feminine plural honestas)

1. honest

   Synonym: sincero

2. honorable

   Synonym: honrado

Derived terms

• honestamente

Related terms

• honestidad

Verb

honesto

1. first-person singular present indicative of honestar

Further reading

• “honesto”, 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