inculto

Latin

Adjective

incultō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of incultus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin incultus. By surface analysis, in- +‎ culto.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈkuw.tu/ [ĩˈkuʊ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈkuw.tu/ [ĩˈkuʊ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈkuw.to/ [ĩˈkuʊ̯.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈkul.tu/ [ĩˈkuɫ.tu]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ultu, (Brazil) -uwtu
• Hyphenation: in‧cul‧to

Adjective

inculto (feminine inculta, masculine plural incultos, feminine plural incultas)

1. (of land) uncultivated (not cultivated)
2. (of a person) uncultivated; unrefined (lacking art or knowledge)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin incultus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈkulto/ [ĩŋˈkul̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Syllabification: in‧cul‧to

Adjective

inculto (feminine inculta, masculine plural incultos, feminine plural incultas)

1. uncultivated, uncivilized
2. ignorant

   Synonym: ignorante

Further reading

• “inculto”, 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