talento

See also: Talento

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French talent, Polish talent, German Talent and English talent.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [taˈlento]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: ta‧len‧to

Noun

talento (accusative singular talenton, plural talentoj, accusative plural talentojn)

1. talent, ability

Interlingua

Noun

talento (plural talentos)

1. talent

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈlɛn.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: ta‧lèn‧to

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old French talent (“desire, wish”), from Classical Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money; (post-Classical) gift from God; (Medieval) skill, ability”), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂ent-, from the root *telh₂-.

Noun

talento m (plural talenti) (obsolete)

1. wish, will, desire, longing
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto X”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 52–56; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Allor surse a la vista scoperchiata
     un’ombra, lungo questa, infino al mento:
     credo che s’era in ginocchie levata.
     Dintorno mi guardò, come talento
     avesse di veder s’altri era meco

     Then, uncovered, a shadow rose along the other one, up to the chin; I think it was on its knees. It looked around me, as if it wanted to see if anyone else was with me

     (literally, “Then rose to the sight uncovered a shadow, along this, until the chin: I believe that it rose on its knees. Around it looked at me, like desire it had to see if other was with me.”)

2. inclination, tendency

Derived terms

• maltalento
• talentoso

 

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money; (post-Classical) gift from God; (Medieval) skill, ability”), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂ent-, from the root *telh₂-. The historical sense indicating a unit of measure gave rise to the others, through the biblical Parable of the Talents.

Noun

talento m (plural talenti)

1. (metrology, historical) talent (unit of weight and money)
   • late 12^th century–1342, Domenico Cavalca, “Del beneficio della giustificazione” (chapter 21), in Frutti della lingua; republished as Giovanni Bottari, editor, I frutti della lingua di fra Domenico Cavalca‎^[3], Milan: Giovanni Silvestri, 1857, page 159:

     […] quel Vangelo che parla del servo, al quale lo re aveva perdonato diecimila talenti, che perchè non perdonò al conservo cento talenti, sì lo fece pigliare e mettere in prigione, e ridomandogli lo debito perdonato.

     […] that Gospel narrating of the servant, to whom the king had forgiven [a debt of] ten thousand talents, whom, because he did not forgive [a debt of] one hundred talents, had him taken and put into prison, and once again asked him for the debt to be forgiven.

2. (figurative) talent (marked natural ability or skill)
3. (transferred sense) talented person

Derived terms

• talentare
• talentoso

 

References

• talento¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• talento² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• lattone

Latin

Noun

talentō

1. dative/ablative singular of talentum

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent”), from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂ent-, from *telh₂-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈlẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈlẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈlẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈlẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: ta‧len‧to

Noun

talento m (plural talentos)

1. (historical) talent (Classical unit of weight and money)
2. talent (marked natural ability or skill)

   Synonyms: aptidão, engenho, habilidade

   Antonyms: inaptidão, inabilidade

Related terms

• talentário
• talentoso

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent”), from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂ent-, from *telh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈlento/ [t̪aˈlẽn̪.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ta‧len‧to

Noun

talento m (plural talentos)

1. talent

   Synonyms: don, dotes

Derived terms

• buscatalentos
• cazatalentos

 

Related terms

• talentoso

 

Further reading

• “talento”, 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 talento, from Latin talentum (“a Grecian weight; a talent of money”), from Ancient Greek τάλαντον (tálanton, “balance; a particular weight, especially of gold; sum of money; a talent”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈlento/ [t̪ɐˈlɛn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ta‧len‧to

Noun

talento (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. talent (marked ability or skill)

   Synonym: (neologism) talihilig

Derived terms

• talentado

 

See also

• dunong
• talino

 

Adjective

talento (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. (colloquial) talented; gifted

   Synonyms: talentado, (neologism) matalihilig

Further reading

• “talento”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018