inato

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• innato (pre-reform)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin innātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈna.tu/

• Rhymes: -atu

Adjective

inato (feminine inata, masculine plural inatos, feminine plural inatas)

1. innate; inborn (present since birth)
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A escolha de Gastão [Gastão’s choice]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 116:

     Achava-o superior, correcto, distincto, de uma aristrocracia innata que a encantava.

     She found him superior, upstanding, distiguished, of an innate aristocracy that enchanted her.