"tonto" meaning in Spanish

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtonto/, [ˈt̪õn̪.t̪o] Forms: tonta [feminine], tontos [masculine, plural], tontas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -onto Etymology: Uncertain. Latin attonitus has been proposed, but there are phonological difficulties, namely unexpected loss of initial /a/ and lack of diphthongization; cf. the expected outcome atuendo. Tonto may have an expressive or onomatopoeic origin. Another hypothesis is that it derives from *tontum, a 'vulgar' past participle for Latin tondeo (“to shear”). Compare Italian tonto, Portuguese tonto, and Romanian tont, tânt. Etymology templates: {{unc|es}} Uncertain, {{m+|la|attonitus}} Latin attonitus, {{l|es|atuendo}} atuendo, {{m|la||*tontum}} *tontum, {{m+|la|tondeo|t=to shear}} Latin tondeo (“to shear”), {{cog|it|tonto}} Italian tonto, {{cog|pt|tonto}} Portuguese tonto, {{cog|ro|tont}} Romanian tont, {{m|ro|tânt}} tânt Head templates: {{es-adj}} tonto (feminine tonta, masculine plural tontos, feminine plural tontas)
  1. stupid Synonyms: bobo, estúpido, idiota, retrasado, subnormal, tarado
    Sense id: en-tonto-es-adj-wtIUpITp Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish terms of address Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 67 11 21 Disambiguation of Spanish terms of address: 71 15 14
  2. silly, foolish Categories (topical): People Synonyms: bobo
    Sense id: en-tonto-es-adj-iOGk1IvF Disambiguation of People: 2 98 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ˈtonto/, [ˈt̪õn̪.t̪o] Forms: tontos [plural], tonta [feminine], tontas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -onto Etymology: Uncertain. Latin attonitus has been proposed, but there are phonological difficulties, namely unexpected loss of initial /a/ and lack of diphthongization; cf. the expected outcome atuendo. Tonto may have an expressive or onomatopoeic origin. Another hypothesis is that it derives from *tontum, a 'vulgar' past participle for Latin tondeo (“to shear”). Compare Italian tonto, Portuguese tonto, and Romanian tont, tânt. Etymology templates: {{unc|es}} Uncertain, {{m+|la|attonitus}} Latin attonitus, {{l|es|atuendo}} atuendo, {{m|la||*tontum}} *tontum, {{m+|la|tondeo|t=to shear}} Latin tondeo (“to shear”), {{cog|it|tonto}} Italian tonto, {{cog|pt|tonto}} Portuguese tonto, {{cog|ro|tont}} Romanian tont, {{m|ro|tânt}} tânt Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=+}} tonto m (plural tontos, feminine tonta, feminine plural tontas)
  1. a fool, a stupid person Tags: masculine Derived forms: hacer el tonto, mal de muchos, consuelo de tontos, pan con pan, comida de tontos Related terms: atontar, entontecer, tontada, tontaina, tontear, tontera, tontería, tontón, tontorrón
    Sense id: en-tonto-es-noun-bDKHknr8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tonto del haba

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tontos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tontas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "tonto m (plural tontos, feminine tonta, feminine plural tontas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ton‧to"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "atontar"
    },
    {
      "word": "entontecer"
    },
    {
      "word": "tontada"
    },
    {
      "word": "tontaina"
    },
    {
      "word": "tontear"
    },
    {
      "word": "tontera"
    },
    {
      "word": "tontería"
    },
    {
      "word": "tontón"
    },
    {
      "word": "tontorrón"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a fool, a stupid person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ],
        [
          "stupid",
          "stupid"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtonto/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪õn̪.t̪o]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-onto"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "es:tonto"
  ],
  "word": "tonto"
}

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