inepto

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iˈnep.toː/, [ɪˈnɛpt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈnep.to/, [iˈnɛpt̪o]

Adjective

ineptō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ineptus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ineptus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈnɛp.tu/, /iˈnɛ.pi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈnɛp.tu/, /iˈnɛ.pi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈnɛp.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈnɛ.ptu/

• Hyphenation: i‧nep‧to

Adjective

inepto (feminine inepta, masculine plural ineptos, feminine plural ineptas)

1. inept

Further reading

• “inepto”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “inepto”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “inepto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “inepto”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “inepto”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “inepto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ineptus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈnebto/ [iˈneβ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ebto
• Syllabification: i‧nep‧to

Adjective

inepto (feminine inepta, masculine plural ineptos, feminine plural ineptas)

1. inept

Further reading

• “inepto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28